Expensive? They have already been paid for… and can you think of a better way to use them? It is a very cheap way to dispose of older time expired missiles or missiles that must be destroyed… that have very good accuracy BTW.
If you are using old stock then fine. But built for the purpose? Costly. And accurate I know, but maybe not enough for a conventional kill. I think you will need a CEP of better than 50m, more like that of a JDAM, or around 10m. Unless of course you up the warhead charge…
They were gotten rid of for a reason… the very short flight times give very little warning. Plus proliferation problems now suggest that legal IRBMs would probably sell like hotcakes for Russia, but I don’t think the US would have that many customers so it probably isn’t in the US’s interest to revive that weapon system type.
Short range missiles then. 600-1000km class. Even less if you control ground near the intended target. The Russians used the very short ranged SS-21s in Chechnya did they not?
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