Carrier Strike Groups have about 300 long range SAMs in VLSs, they are designed to defeat saturation attacks. The attacker also has to survive to launch, they have to have target information, etc.
Going nuclear is not wise, even against ships.
Russia has ordered 48 Su-35s, the USN has 500 Super Hornets, the USAF 187 F-22s.
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Already discussed the Su-35.
Yasen: 12 planned
Virginia: 30 planned
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Only if it was nuclear.
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Carriers cavitate like hell at flank speed, but it is a lot higher than what the cruisers can do...
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Depends on the damage really.
You're supposed to discuss Soviet Union, not Russian Federation. If you want to bash Russia, there is a thread for that very reason.
Cool, we love a challenge, and it gives us a reason to come out with something better.
Even if in some bizzaro world fantasy the SU was better than what we have. What armament are they going to put on that aircraft that we can't outrange, and downright ECM it into the sea
"In today’s America, conservatives who actually want to conserve are as rare as liberals who actually want to liberate. The once-significant language of an earlier era has had the meaning sucked right out of it, the better to serve as camouflage for a kleptocratic feeding frenzy in which both establishment parties participate with equal abandon" (Taking a break from the criminal, incompetent liars at the NSA, to bring you the above political observation, from The Archdruid Report.)
Aren't the F22 and F35 way ahead of anything the Chinese or Russians have?
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
Yeah. I mean, the F-22 just does air superiority, ground attack, elint, and pilot anesthesia. The F-35 is an engine ejector, runway and deck defroster, employer in 44 different congressional districts, software testbed, decoy, drop-tank carrier, dogfighting target, firestarter, carnival ride, personal heater, surprise package, and high-stakes casino, all rolled into a single trillion-dollar program. (Oh, I hear it actually flies, sometimes, too.)
"In today’s America, conservatives who actually want to conserve are as rare as liberals who actually want to liberate. The once-significant language of an earlier era has had the meaning sucked right out of it, the better to serve as camouflage for a kleptocratic feeding frenzy in which both establishment parties participate with equal abandon" (Taking a break from the criminal, incompetent liars at the NSA, to bring you the above political observation, from The Archdruid Report.)