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Originally Posted by Firral
Not truly for "Granit" as these rockets can operate independently (without the control of the ship)
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I'm afraid you misuderstood my post.
I was addressing the point made by tphuang about using the surface to air missiles on the Kirov in anti-surface mode. In that case, the missiles will need a firing solution in order to launch. That means the Kirov is within sight of the Iowa. The SAMs might have active radar guidence so it doesn't need any input from the mothership, but it can still be fooled by counter meansures.
Shells on the other hand, are dumb. That means they can't be fooled, since they are dumb already. That also makes them cheap and Iowa packs a lot of them. In a 1v1, point blank fight, Kirov is toast. The only change Kirov has is to keep the distance and hope the Granits can do enough damage from long range.
It's very impressive what the Granit can do in a formation. I wonder how it works in real life with all the jamming and the interception of the "spotter" missile will affect the swarm.