Doesn't really matter if it can be intercepted or not
The Iranians say they can afford to fire off "tens" of them during wargames, implying they've a whole lot more
We've one T45 on station. How many air defence missiles does it carry? 48? If the Iranians threw in a few sea skimmers at the same time, and maybe the odd drone or so to act as decoys, how long would those defences last?
OK so the ship will probably be close to an Aegis or two, but the same numbers game still works against it. All the advanced radar in the world isn't going to help if you don't have enough missiles for the radar to guide...
Last edited by Milo Minderbinder; 3rd Jul 2012 at 07:29.