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Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
« on: May 03, 2022, 10:56:05 am »
Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
By Commander Alan D. Zimm, U.S. Navy (Retired)
May 2022 Proceedings Vol. 148/5/1,431
 
The Ukrainian missile attack that sank the Russian Navy Slava-class cruiser Moskva should revive discussion regarding the tradeoffs for antiship missiles.

The cruiser was struck by two Neptune antiship cruise missiles (ASCMs) with 330-pound warheads. Photographs show she had a significant fire in the forward superstructure; media reports state that she suffered a secondary explosion from a magazine or one of her own large missiles. After some hours, she sank while under tow.

The number of hits is significantly less than the number predicted by this common rule of thumb—the amount of thousand-pound bomb high-explosive equivalents to disable a ship is approximately equal to the cube root of one-thousandth of a ship’s tonnage. Roughly, this model indicates that it should have taken five Neptune ASCMs to put Moskva out of action, not two.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2022/may/antiship-missile-lessons-sinking-moskva
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Re: Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2022, 10:59:20 am »
Perhaps it was just a chance lucky strike?
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Re: Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2022, 11:21:40 am »
Quote from: Kamaji on May 03, 2022, 10:59:20 am
Perhaps it was just a chance lucky strike?

I'll smoke to that "Lucky Strike"! ***cool cat*** 
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Re: Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2022, 06:01:38 pm »
Lesson #1:
Every ship is now an easy target for anti-ship missiles.

Lesson #2:
See above.
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Re: Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2022, 10:14:55 pm »
Quote from: Fishrrman on May 03, 2022, 06:01:38 pm
Lesson #1:
Every ship is now an easy target for anti-ship missiles.

Lesson #2:
See above.
Right. When the end of the big gun battleship era came, the need for armor was overwhelmed by the need for speed, using less fuel, stealth, and being 'green'...
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Re: Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2022, 12:27:52 am »
Let me see if I can guess "Lesson Number 1",OK?

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