indian ocean conflict
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anything would be trouble for the pakistani warships. What do they even have?MIGleader said:
Sea-skimming cuts the detection by 1/3. While Brahmos will get detected and fired at before its diving stage, the Klub missile with still be cruising along in safety. Same with Harpoon.
My point is that Klub won't be detected until about 40KM, whereas Brahmos can be detected and shot at earlier. By that time, both Klub and Brahmos should be in their final attack mode. Klub's sub/supersonic version goes at mach 2.9 and Brahmos goes at mach 2.8 I think. Manuverability should be similar at this point. So, the chance of them getting shot down should be similar.jatt said:
Vs, short range AShM, (< 40 KM), they should have similar effects. vs dedicated air defense, brahmos will get detected and shot at before klub for sure.
Pakistani warships would be in big trouble by the Brahmos unless the PN gets an destroyer like the 051C. However, the PN would most likely use subs against the IN. That would be the only way the PN would be able to effectively counter the IN. But wait, since this is 2012, I think that PN would have some credible defense against anti-ship missiles.
The Barhmos has a range of 280 km, while the max range of Klub is 220. I think designers figured that the Barhmos would be best flying low when it has reached the defence zone of the enemy airdefence. Simply at 220 km the Barhmos would have enough life to fly low to evade radar detecton of missile interception and high altitudes. Oh and BTW the Klub flyes at high altitudes after launch to use its jets (?) meaning it can be detected by a good radar.tphuang said:
jatt said:
it cruises at 20 m above the water, that's called sea skimming.
There are two major variants of Klub, the one that is purely subsonic and has a range of 300 and the one that has a supersonic final stage, but only has a range of 220. It's interesting that IN chose the former and PLAN chose the latter.