Well it's not like the Americans don't have a million different ways to sink that Kusnetsov either.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

Well it's not like the Americans don't have a million different ways to sink that Kusnetsov either.

I know, was just trying to be helpful.

Originally Posted by rOk

They sort of calculated that from around 40-60 missiles fired enough would penetrate the defenses, hit the carrier and sink it.

that is a lot of missiles. wasn't it Sum of All Fears where they were able to hit a carrier with a single anti-ship missile? i was wondering how realistic that could have been.

Yeah it was, damaged the ship pretty bad too.

Originally Posted by egoz

that is a lot of missiles. wasn't it Sum of All Fears where they were able to hit a carrier with a single anti-ship missile? i was wondering how realistic that could have been.

I watched Sum of all fears some time ago and IIRC there was a squadron of Tu-22's each firing at least one missile.
IIRC again I think there were multiple hits, but I could be wrong, as said it was quite some time ago.

The movie?
No it was many missiles fired. One got through the defensive shield and put the carrier out of comission.

Originally Posted by egoz

that is a lot of missiles. wasn't it Sum of All Fears where they were able to hit a carrier with a single anti-ship missile? i was wondering how realistic that could have been.

right, now i remember. it's been a while since i saw it. all i remember was the carrier getting hit by a single missile.

True but remember that they didn't have any real-life scenarios to base their damage modeling on. No carriers have ever been hit by missiles...

I think american with better payloads better aircraft, ya we top.

I think American because they are so much more technologically advanced. BTW you never hear about the Russian much anymore.