PanCotzky
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Good day!
There was an argument that I've encountered, concerning differences between naval tactics of NATO and soviet tactical legacy. The NATO ships are using mainly subsonic anti-ship missiles like "Harpoon" while russian (for example) missile cruisers are armed with supersonic long range missiles, hitting its targets in a range of almost thousand of kilometers. One of the sides argued that the high-speed long range missile is clearly better because, first, it will be fired earlier, second, it will be harder to shoot down. While the other side insisted that modern anti-missile systems totally capable of shooting down supersonic projectiles and the long range of a missile just gives the anti-missile system (provided it has a long range radar) more time to track the target. While the short range missiles gives almost no time to react and if used properly can be much deadlier.
I'm just an enthusiast and I don't know who's wrong and who's right. Both sides has their point on my opinion. But how is it actually works? What tactics are used? How this missiles should be deployed to be effective? Do you have any ideas?
There was an argument that I've encountered, concerning differences between naval tactics of NATO and soviet tactical legacy. The NATO ships are using mainly subsonic anti-ship missiles like "Harpoon" while russian (for example) missile cruisers are armed with supersonic long range missiles, hitting its targets in a range of almost thousand of kilometers. One of the sides argued that the high-speed long range missile is clearly better because, first, it will be fired earlier, second, it will be harder to shoot down. While the other side insisted that modern anti-missile systems totally capable of shooting down supersonic projectiles and the long range of a missile just gives the anti-missile system (provided it has a long range radar) more time to track the target. While the short range missiles gives almost no time to react and if used properly can be much deadlier.
I'm just an enthusiast and I don't know who's wrong and who's right. Both sides has their point on my opinion. But how is it actually works? What tactics are used? How this missiles should be deployed to be effective? Do you have any ideas?