Compared to the Exocet and Harpoon, the Yakhont is about twice the weapon. You are not going to kill anything significant with a small, sub-sonic missile.

Funny, such missile have destroyed more than of the heavy Russian AShM’s, Royal Navy destroyers come to mind.

Kashtan’s integrated system also allows for more rapid and ensured destruction of incoming cruise missiles.

Could you be any more generic? The systems huge footprint and yet non distributed nature make it inefficient for ship design and it offers nothing that a combination of western gun and missile based CIWS do not.

The minimum cost increase to redesign the Ford because of this being thrown around… mind you… minimum.

Is $600 million. It could be more or less if the CVN is delayed and not redesigned for steam, depending on how long it takes to fix.

We can go back to fussing over nothing now.

Source?

Yaroslav Mudry (Neustrashimy class frigate) seems to be nearing service!

Sea Trials about to begin, the completion of this unit should allow the shipyard to focus on the thrid of class Tuman and I expect a reasonably fast turn around on that vessel. The RuN is in desperate need of these vessels as any analysis of the very small number of Russian ships that make it onto long range cruises shows you. I just hope they can raise a proficient crew for them.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090224/120272685.html

A comparison with the frigates that European yards have been producing since the Russian/Soviet collapse soons shows the age of this class. Jus think in the same timeframe we have had the Type 23 (CODLAG propulsion), Lafayette and derivatives (highly stealthy and Aster/AESA equipped), Nansen (Low RCS + mini Aegis) and that is without even going into the destroyer end of the market with the exceptional Dutch LCF, German F125, Franco-Italian Horizon and the cream of the crop the Type 45.

Until it’s reached saturation, then it’s stuffed, even moreso now that all ships are back to thin skins

So now we have failed states able to saturate a modern high end warship do we?:rolleyes:

interesting article about the possible failure of EMALS and what it would mean

http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/2009/02/and-now-for-really-bad-news.html

a response:
http://blog.usni.org/?p=1460

and finally, another apparent confirmation in the comments

if EMALS completely bombs, well, I don’t know

‘heads will roll’ is an understatement

Whilst the failure of EMALS would be less than surprising and the decision to start constructing a ship to use it prior to its successful development is of the same level of intelligence that has put the USN shipbuilding programme in its current crisis this is not the great apocalypse it is being made out to be if timely and sensible action is taken (something that may be asking just too much). The first ship to be built for this system has yet to be laid down and it should be more than possible to adapt the design to take steam catapults at this stage. Inconvenient, embarrassing and indicative of the USN shipbuilding shambles it most certainly is, but it is not the end of the world.

was not aware that you average failed state has access to a powerful AShM launching airforce?

Expect the unexpected?

Just how many aircraft with anti ship missiles would they need to cause a problem? There are lots of anti ship missiles being sold all over the world, and being integrated on various aircraft – including helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft. A few MiGs with Kryptons would be a very serious threat to any naval force, particularly one lacking fighter cover.

The ‘expect the unexpected’ and ‘prepare for everything’ etc lines get peddled here with mind numbing frequency. There end result if followed through to their natural conclusion is something not dissimilar to North Korea today or Stalin’s Russia post WW2.

A well designed and equipped modern AAW warshi should be more than capable of defending itself against most air/missile based threat scenarios.