US Navy Aircraft Carriers Vs. Chinese “Carrier Killer” Missiles – Who Wins?
by Kris Osborn
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19 hours ago
The following piece first appeared on Warrior Maven, a Military Content Group member website.
Most public wargaming assessments published by places such as RAND and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggest that any major confrontation with China would likely begin with a massive salvo of ballistic missiles fired by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at Taiwan or US and US-allied maritime and land assets throughout the Pacific theater.
What this means is that any kind of surprise attack on Taiwan or US interests in the Pacific would include a large number of ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles fired at air defenses, bases with significant military platforms, and large maritime platforms such as aircraft carriers.
Such an attack, which should be considered quite realistic given China’s missile arsenal, would likely seek to destroy or overwhelm any air defense system or maritime platforms with sheer volume. This kind of tactical approach, often referred to as a “bolt-out-of-the-blue” by strategists, would be intended to simply fire so many missiles at key targets at one time that even the most advanced defenses would be unable to mount any successful defense.
The concept, as often articulated in Pentagon China reports, would be to quickly “annex” Taiwan or destroy US aircraft carriers in a position to defend Taiwan more rapidly than the US or Taiwan could respond.
https://sofrep.com/navy/american-aircraft-carriers-vs-chinese-missiles/
