I just read that our aircraft carriers (read $4-$5 Billion for the new Gerald Ford) have no defense against the Russioan "Sizzler" missle. Evidently after launching it sheds its cone and then accelerates to near supersonic speed and has highly manuverable capabilites making it impossible to deter.
So, the Russians have this $1m missle that can sink all our $billion (with 3-4000 saliors) carriers.
Additionally we haven't been able to developed a similar weapon and spend 10 times as much on defense.
Question:are we that vulnerable to the Sizzler as Janes book on weapons indicates?
2007-03-25 01:43:40 · 4 answers · asked by gordem 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
So the Russians have developed this new Sizzler. If we have no defense I am sure that the secret squirrels have been working on one. They are not about to advertise the defense because other nations would start to make a better mouse trap. You make a defense and you keep your mouth shut and hope it never has to be tested for real.
Besides right now we are not in or looking for hostilities with Russia.
We also have weapons that make them cringe at the thought of use using them. The military just tries to keep stuff like that under tight wraps.
2007-03-25 02:10:47 · answer #1 · answered by shovelkicker 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So far I have yet to see this missile described by nomenclature - as a result I wonder if this is a missile that exists only on paper.
2007-03-25 11:26:34 · answer #2 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, much as we were defenseless to a take over of several aircraft to be used as missles...it's one of those things we have to worry about, but hope will never be used. If used, well, you do the math on our response.
2007-03-25 08:48:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Janes has been wrong before.
First you have to get close enough to use it.
2007-03-25 10:10:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋