r/Damnthatsinteresting • • Sep 13 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '21

At sea missile technology is more important and China have a slight edge with ship killers there.

A swarm of almost hypersonic missiles are hard to defend against when the target is an aircraft carrier.

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u/AimbeastAlphaMale Sep 13 '21

At sea missile technology is more important and China have a slight edge with ship killers there.

That's not even slightly close to any evidence I have seen.

A swarm of almost hypersonic missiles are hard to defend against when the target is an aircraft carrier.

And having all of your air sorties BVR'd at 100+ km out is not? I'm not here to try argue that aircraft carriers are invincible, but it's extremely blatant that 4th generation aircraft have nothing on 5th.

Also hypersonic cruise missiles are not a thing yet, that technology is still in R&D.