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that it barely bothers to carry any antisurface capability at all What about the 20 P-700 Granit (with optional nuclear warheads)?

• throwanem 9y ago
  Yes, that's what I mean. It's not a significant conventional threat to a carrier strike group, not in the way that, for example, even conventionally armed Moskits very well can be. And Russia's not about to change the rules of nuclear warfare - or, rather, the rule, which is "thou shalt not" - by trying to take out a strike group with nuclear arms. Even a failed attempt would all but require a comparable response, and Russia's economy does not seem well equipped to effectively support a nuclear arsenal likely to be even more decrepit than our own - to say nothing of the fact that it's not a war anyone wants, in any case. And here we have someone trying to sell it as a real threat, nonetheless. I think I know why that is, and in my earlier comment I explained part of my thinking. Agree or don't with that analysis - I think it's still worth wondering what makes it worth National Interest's time and money to advance the still highly questionable claim I discuss.