The study shows that the missile will not succeed if used alone against the defense systems employed by the US Navy warships.
Stock photo of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh transits the Gulf of Thailand during exercise Cobra Gold 2010.A tactical ballistic missile exported by China to the Middle East is capable of sinking a US cruiser patrolling the Red Sea, according to a study conducted by the People’s Liberation Army .
The Fire Dragon 480 tactical ballistic missiles are made by China’s Norinco Group for export purposes. They have been sold to UAE in the past.Fire Dragon 480, also known as Fire Dragon 280A, is a 750 mm tactical ballistic missile, which can carry a 480 kilogram warhead. It can be fired from the AR-3/PHL-XX multiple launch rocket system.
The warhead’s weight, coupled with its increased impact velocity, makes it extremely deadly, and “a 10,000-tonne cruiser would be destroyed upon being struck by just two of these missiles.”, the missiles will not succeed alone against the defense systems employed by the US Navy warships.report goes on to mention, that about half-a-dozen of these missiles can take on a Ticonderoga-class cruiser.and its escort group is in the Red Sea.
Among the various missiles fired by the US Navy’s air defense, the long-range Standard 6 achieved a 71 percent hit rate, while the short-range Sea Sparrow had a 44% hit rate.Moreover, testing an alternative scenario, the researchers also replaced the warheads carried eight missiles with six drones in each. This led to the creation of drone swarm warheads.
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