Mother Russia to send ships to Sth China Sea

[Ulmita]

Those corvettes are green water ships at best. Payload is useless if it cant reach its operational area and stay on patrol, and locate its targets before it itself is destroyed. The corvettes only have a two week endurance.

Those obviously are for defending their coast and hitting targets in a 3-4k km radius. As i said, remarkable.

[Kellhound]

Those obviously are for defending their coast and hitting targets in a 3-4k km radius. As i said, remarkable.

They are intended to allow Russia to have cruise missile launchers to skirt the ban on ground launched cruise missiles. Nothing remarkable about that.

[Ulmita]

They are intended to allow Russia to have cruise missile launchers to skirt the ban on ground launched cruise missiles. Nothing remarkable about that.

It is whether you want to acknowledge it or not. Tiny ships packing huge punch. Tonnage irrelevant.

[Alakallanar]

Most of the US population are rural farmers? I don't think so. It's a very urbanized population.

No, most of the population aren't rural farmers. But neither do they life in the big cities. As said, only about 20% of the population life in the 100 biggest cities. Most of the population lives in medium or small cities.

[Milchshake]

No, most of the population aren't rural farmers. But neither do they life in the big cities. As said, only about 20% of the population life in the 100 biggest cities. Most of the population lives in medium or small cities.

According to numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, 80.7 percent of the U.S. population lived in urban areas as of the 2010 Census, a boost from the 79 percent counted in 2000. That brings the country's total urban population to 249,253,271, a number attained via a growth rate of 12.1 percent between 2000 and 2010, outpacing the nation as a whole, which grew at 9.7 percent.

[Kellhound]

It is whether you want to acknowledge it or not. Tiny ships packing huge punch. Tonnage irrelevant.

No its not, because it has been common for decades. Case in point, WWII PT boats, Osa class missile boats, Pegasus class hydrofoils....

They have no legs and zero chance of surviving even a light anti-ship missile. There is a reason they are stationed in the Caspian Sea where range doesnt matter and they are not likely to face any state level actors.

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According to numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, 80.7 percent of the U.S. population lived in urban areas as of the 2010 Census, a boost from the 79 percent counted in 2000. That brings the country's total urban population to 249,253,271, a number attained via a growth rate of 12.1 percent between 2000 and 2010, outpacing the nation as a whole, which grew at 9.7 percent.

A city of 20,000 is an urban area though.

[Milchshake]

A city of 20,000 is an urban area though.

So you're telling me that Pendelton, OR isnt nuke worthy then?

[Kellhound]

So you're telling me that Pendelton, OR isnt nuke worthy then?

Only if you are out of better targets. Pendelton is the 34th largest city in Oregon, so 33 nukes would be required there alone before Pendelton even came up. There are 304 cities in the US with a population of at least 100,000, but only 10 over 1 million.