Anyways, the NSM is better than the Harpoon, Kh-35 or Exocet but however those latter 3 are no slouches either. There is going to be a much longer ranged 180km version of Exocet, and Harpoon will probably be furtherly developed too. The Kh-35 I think is being developed into the Kh-35E1 with 250km range. These are all around missiles that can be installed on ships, coastal batteries, aircraft, helicopters and etc.
However, if there is something like a medium sized Missile Boat, I would rather have it armed with like 4 220 km Klubs than 8 160km NSMs or 8 130km Urans or 8 125km Harpoons or whatever. I will have obviously less armament, but I could easily stay at a much greater distance and the Klub will probably have a much greater chance of hitting any sort of larger ship than anything smaller would. The closer I get, the bigger chance there is that something will destroy me.
Same with a larger aircraft like the Su-30M, I would rather arm it with like 3 Alfas than with like 8 Kh-35s, because the Alfas will certainly have a much easier time hitting something and sinking it. I can also fire it at a shorter range.
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