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Why is china building carriers then? Hypersonic weapons still need to know where to go. Theres a reason an ICBM which flies upwards of mach 20 is ineffective ag
by water8 5y ago
Why is china building carriers then? Hypersonic weapons still need to know where to go. Theres a reason an ICBM which flies upwards of mach 20 is ineffective against carriers
- chrisco255 5y agoThey are good at projecting power against lesser foes in a sub-nuclear confrontation. I think if we went to all out war against Russia and/or China our carriers would be some of the first casualties.
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- rootusrootus 5y agoHow long would an all-out war with Russia last? Couple hours?
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoI have heard that, in case of all-out war, the life expectancy of a carrier in the middle of a battle group was 21 minutes. (This was decades ago - it may be less with hypersonic missiles.) But they could launch all the planes in 19 minutes, so it could launch its entire attack before being killed. That was considered to be good enough.
- water8 5y agohttps://www.quora.com/Can-an-ICBM-hit-a-moving-target-say-an-aircraft-carrier https://www.quora.com/Can-an-ICBM-hit-a-moving-target-say-an...
- ilove196884 5y agoHypersonic missiles apart from df-zf only exist in a lab. They are one of the biggest hype out there along with killer robots. When you hear about tests, it is mostly about work done at a university, which means the tech is still 5 to 10 years away.