Chinese arms manufacturers have come up with Katyushas in shipping containers

Well, yes and no. The Chinese could very well use a freighter as a weapons bus but the problem is that the freighter can't fight back and it's a one trick pony and a very limited one at that. You have limited launch area and therefore limited tubes and no reloads. So maybe 12 missiles? After that, no freighter would ever be allow within firing range of Taiwan
 
Targeting would also be a problem. Want to plaster an area with unguided rockets, then this would work if the seas are calm, you might even get close

Want to hit specific targets, then you have problems. The missile has to know exact orientation to the target. Ever wonder why the Navy doesn't have MLRS rockets loaded? Navy missiles determine their orientation after launch. Land missiles get theirs on the launcher. The US spent a ton of money trying to teach the Army missiles how to figure it out and couldn't. Location accounting for pitch and roll at time of launch is a lot harder to figure out then location, direction/angle and height above/below tgt that you do on a land based system

As for it being used with antiship missiles. Once the ship turns on a fire control radar to target the navy ship, that ship dies
 
Gun Grape said:
Targeting would also be a problem. Want to plaster an area with unguided rockets, then this would work if the seas are calm, you might even get close

Want to hit specific targets, then you have problems. The missile has to know exact orientation to the target. Ever wonder why the Navy doesn't have MLRS rockets loaded? Navy missiles determine their orientation after launch. Land missiles get theirs on the launcher. The US spent a ton of money trying to teach the Army missiles how to figure it out and couldn't. Location accounting for pitch and roll at time of launch is a lot harder to figure out then location, direction/angle and height above/below tgt that you do on a land based system

As for it being used with antiship missiles. Once the ship turns on a fire control radar to target the navy ship, that ship dies
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Yeah...many folks don't realize how important a stable firing platform is for missiles, rockets and artillery. That is why the M777 has such frickin' ginormous spades and SP artillery has a spade at the rear of the vehicle to backup on to handle recoil and provide stability. Further, many do not recognize that MLRS & HIMARS launchers have to lock their suspension systems when they fire to provide stable firing platforms. When ever I see a video of a 105mm on a HMMWV idea I giggle when I see how much the vehicle moves between shots. Same with some of the more, shall I say, creative technicals we have seen in the Mideast. I giggle whenever I see a UB-32 mounted on a Hilux just ripple firing 57mm rockets downrange...and downrange is defined as 120 degree fan in front of the vehicle.
 
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