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Old 04-12-2007, 06:06 AM   #271 (permalink)
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[quote=Franco Lolan;51986]
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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
All the missiles designed for antishipping today are designed to kill thin skinned Cruisers and Frigates.
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Granit and Sunburns are dedicated carrier killers.

Also, it is important to take into account the fact that an Carrier is hard to defend against a mission kill: Destroyed elevators, catapults, or a hole in the deck result in no flight ops.
It's been awhile since I perused a 12-5, but IIRC, Sunburn was primarily an AEGIS killer, and far less effective today than it was in 1998. While the Shipwreck is a dedicated heavy hitter, the last threat profiles I saw depicted it as easy pickin's for SM2's...
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