USS Ohio SSGN-726..aresnal ship?

expect missile strike on japan and Guam if the americans decide to launch a huge cruise missile attack on china and the plan

yes the us fleet is deadly but I wont count on the taiwanese fleet if I were you they are truely pathetic

old ships with ok weapons or mordern ships with old ones

darth sidious said:

expect missile strike on japan and Guam if the americans decide to launch a huge cruise missile attack on china and the plan

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Oh no. Not this crap again.:rofl: :roll:

On a serious note, the only way the USA would launch strikes against China is if China launched a strike first against America or her allies. Nuff said.

if the amereicans intrevin in the taiwan war and decide to use tomahaks for strike aginst plan bases the I dont see a reason why the chinese cnat attack american bease in return

darth sidious said:

if the amereicans intrevin in the taiwan war and decide to use tomahaks for strike aginst plan bases the I dont see a reason why the chinese cnat attack american bease in return

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Not a good idea to do this, if you ask me. I see no reason to pursue this type of "back-and-forth" on this topic. But I will say, this goes to show that an unprovoked attack on Taiwan might not be a good idea.

yeah guys, lets just cut the who attacked who crap. its going to heat up, and throw us off topic.

arsenal ship? seems like a good way to pack tomahawks in an easily deployable location. america can really place tomahawks in taiwan, nor can it snd a few dozen burkes to routinely patrol in the strait. so a submarine with tomahawks waiting in the pacific would be the perffect solution.

Sea Dog said:

The real issue is whether or not they will remove the Block II's from service, and how many of the previous blocks that would be.

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Since block III's have an 8 year lifespan after which they have to go through overhaul and replacement of certain key parts (no reason to believe block IIs have a longer lifespan) i doubt US intends to spend money on keeping block IIIs operational after their life expectancy has ended. What is gonna happen is what happened in first gulf war, older cruise missiles would be first to be used in any potential future war ( attack on iran, for example) while there's still some guarantee that they'll work.

Your figure of 2200 tomahawks, however, doesn't really match the numbers mentioned in USN institute article. And since block 3 production has ended years ago and block 4 has started up just recently - numbers should be pretty finite. Since 1998 1400 tomahawks have been spent. Actually before war in iraq started, after afghanistan, US has something like 2000 tomahawks left. spending at least 725 by april 2003 (figure of 800 that i've seen thrown around as final iraq war figure seems reasonable then) it'd mean us today has at its disposal something like 1200 tomahawks. Perhaps the 2200 figure you mentioned is refering to total number of all versions, even the old, bunkered antiship versions?

And yes, i agree tomahawks can be pretty useful, but only when they're a part of bigger and more complete attacking force. What's the point if you use a tomahawk to destroay a radar station if you dont follow up with an air strike w jdams or whatever to destroy the planes on the ground or whatever else? If you stop with just that first tomahawk, the radar station will be replaced/repaired eventually.