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Doesn't sound like it. From the article: > “As these facilities could be rendered useless by precision strikes in the opening hours of a conflict, the PLA miss
by hacym 7y ago
Doesn't sound like it.
From the article:
> “As these facilities could be rendered useless by precision strikes in the opening hours of a conflict, the PLA missile threat challenges America’s ability to freely operate its forces from forward locations throughout the region,”
Nuclear weapons probably don't fall under precision strikes.
- ohaideredevs 7y agoThen the article is likely talking about anti-ship missiles (AShMs). Every "real" country can overwhelm a naval battle group of any other "real" country with guided missiles. A lot of these missiles can be fired from the shore. AShMs defenses are very questionable when it comes to supersonic/hypersonic AShMs.
- SEJeff 7y agoThis in specific is what the Navy is betting on lasers for. The 60-kilowatt HELIOS will be on board Arleigh Burke-class by 2021 or sooner. There is the obvious problem of detecting hypersonic projectiles, but assuming that is "done", then lasers and a lot of them, will be quite effective.