The Best Anti-Ship Missile?

**Zampolit** · 28 Aug 09,, 19:06

But out of the large verity of the true ship-killer giants how many Soviet/Russian type of anti-ship missile have been combat tested and proven???

Georgian warship was sunk by Malakhit (ss-n-9, predecessor of ss-n-22) during last year conflict.

**jeffpayne56** · 28 Aug 09,, 19:31

Sea Skua excellent hit rate in the Falklands

**Silent Hunter** · 28 Aug 09,, 20:40

Also don't forget the Battle of Latakia in 1973, the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, Iran-Iraq and the Gulf War.

**jlvfr** · 28 Aug 09,, 23:40

Originally Posted by jeffpayne56

Sea Skua excellent hit rate in the Falklands

And in the Guld in 91

**jeffpayne56** · 29 Aug 09,, 10:41

Originally Posted by jlvfr

And in the Guld in 91

True a lot of punch for a small missile, shame the upgrades never happened could have been a world beater

**dundonrl** · 02 Sep 09,, 10:57

Originally Posted by cr9527

Tomahawk anyone?

Might not be the fastest of the bunch, or the most powerful, but it sure can fly far, and low.

the current Tomahawk is not setup to do anti-shipping, (it dosn't have an active seeker warhead.. you could program it to hit a ship tied to a dock though, but if it's underway, not a chance.. BUT there are plans and money spent to convert the TLAM-E(the current Tomahawk) into a missile that can hit ships..

**Kev 99** · 02 Sep 09,, 19:44

Originally Posted by jeffpayne56

True a lot of punch for a small missile, shame the upgrades never happened could have been a world beater

Well there's going to be a Mark 2 so you never know.

**Spy Dog** · 29 Oct 09,, 03:11

I can go on for an hour about this. It seems like is easier to develop an anti-ship missile than it is to develop a weapon system to defeat it. You can always determine the biggest threat by what resourses (money, training) we expend to counter it. Only thing I can tell you in this forum is what we have developed to counter the current threats: C-802/SS-N-19 "Shipwreck" = SM-2 Block III A, SS-N-22 "Sunburn" = SM-2 Block III B, MU-1 (manuverablility upgrade), SS-N-27 "Sizzler" (Klub Class) = SM-2 Block III B MU-2. The Klubs are bad-ass missiles, pull heavy G's, have a seperation vehicle at close range and puts a premium on radar performance, but our PKI (Probability of Kill) is good.