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Originally Posted by ArmchairGeneral
That too, although, to their credit, those two (especially the Harpoon) were known for being sneaky, agile, and relatively hard to detect- attributes a Shipwreck screaming in from the stratosphere would be particularly short on.
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Moving at Mach 5, you have no need to be sneaky or agile. It is damn nearly impossible to get away from a Mach 5 moving missile that has midcourse adjustment feature. There are no current defensive weapon system capable of defeating this kind of weapon from a platform, not even THAAD Aegis based because of the extremely short timeframe of Shipwreck. In fact, the best defensive move for the IOWA class is to stay off the radar/sonar screen from Kirov.