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> cruiser-type ships are designed to track and repel multiple air contacts Not your text, but that assumes a design focus that is not in evidence. It's a neces
by chipsa 4y ago
> cruiser-type ships are designed to track and repel multiple air contacts
Not your text, but that assumes a design focus that is not in evidence. It's a necessary focus for a USN cruiser, but that consideration isn't necessarily the case for a USSR designed cruiser, especially if the translation isn't one to one.
- ckozlowski 4y agoThe S-300 Fort installation practically implies it, as this is an area air defense system and not strictly a self-defense or point-defense system. With three layers of air defense, anti-air is a primary mission of these ships. Compare this to a contemporary like the Sovremenny, which carries only medium range SAMs and point-defense. I agree that the primary mission of USN cruisers and USSR ones are different, but the Slava-class is designed for area air defense, bot for itself and for the rest of it's surface group.