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Originally Posted by zraver
Do any of the Kirov's missiles even have the ability to penetrate the Iowa's armor belt? The Missouri after all took a direct hit from an 8,000lb Kamikaze at several hundred Km/h the pilot and plane only scratched the paint. The Kirov might well waste every missile it has and never breech a critical part of the hull or super structure.
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An SS-N-19 Shipwreck would be striking the ship somewhere around Mach 2+
That's a
750 kg warhead moving at
2400+ Km/H
I wouldn't want to be on any other ship but an Iowa if that happened, but I highly doubt that even
her armor belt could defeat something of that magnitude.