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Originally Posted by The_Heretic
Doesn't matter. Those radar systems can pick up targets mere feet over the ocean. Plus, U.S. air defense networks are the most integrated defenses in the world, with any one unit able to aid other aircraft lock their weapons onto a target for them.
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Noone is denying that.
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Originally Posted by The_Heretic
Wrong again, the fighters can carry missile for interception shootdown as can the naval vessels' own air defense missiles.
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Were talking about distances of less than 100 miles at the widest point of the gulf, assuming that the carrier would literally be on top of a beach. So in reality were talking about distances of less than 75 miles. The enemy missiles have an initial speed of 2283 mph, so it could close 75 miles
extremly fast.
So assuming that the right fighter with the right munitions is at the right place, and enough of them, they could intercept the missiles. Im interested in knowing which particular air to air missile can stop another missile traveling at Mach 3. I know the Patriot Missiles can do it but those are land based systems. Info on this subject would be appreciated.
And it has to be taken into account that the enemy missiles themselves have their own countermeasures to avoid being shot down including violent and erratic manuevers while in flight, especially at the end of their flight.
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Originally Posted by The_Heretic
I'm sure the military knows that and the area under constant surveillance when moving through there. They see so much as a runway taxing maneuver and they're ready to put a boot up someone's ass.
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Hooah?
Seriously though, the military cant know where everyone is all the time. Thats silly. And you have to remember that the host always has the advantage of knowing the terrain better.