HSV 2 sunk by Iranian supplied ASCM

[zippy]

It wouldn't be the first time Iran has provided its proxies with C-801/802 if true. Hezbollah used one on an Israeli ship in 2006, and Iranian backed Yemenis carried out three attacks last year.

Aluminum hulls and missiles don't go well together... I don't imagine LCS would have much better luck against a similar threat.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...stroyed-off-yemeni-coast-by-anti-ship-missile

 

[RobLyman]

Not clear if it sank.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Aluminum hulls and missiles don't go well together... I don't imagine LCS would have much better luck against a similar threat.

FFG-7s had aluminum superstructures as well. You're never going to make missile-proof small combatants; as with aircraft, everything is a weight/cost/performance tradeoff. So you put other things into place and practice good DC.

That's probably as much speculation as we should do on LCS vs cruise missiles.

 

[Pags]

Nice insight into the rebels' kill chain.

 

[Hair Warrior]

Wonder if a CIWS would have done its job, if HSV-2 had been armed with one.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Wonder if a CIWS would have done its job, if HSV-2 had been armed with one.

And again: we are not speculating on this kind of thing.

 

[zippy]

Wonder if a CIWS would have done its job, if HSV-2 had been armed with one.

Someone would have to turn it on first first to find out. Just ask the crews of STARK and the INS HANIT.

 

[Gatordev]

Someone would have to turn it on first first to find out. Just ask the crews of STARK and the INS HANIT.

Trust me, plenty of crews have it turned on. Always fun when R2D2 does his happy dance when you're on short final.

 

[Flash]

Someone would have to turn it on first first to find out.

Trust me, plenty of crews have it turned on.

It has done a pretty good job when needed and is responsible for saving plenty of asses, possibly including my own. The sound of 'god unzipping the sky', as one guy put it, wasn't exactly soothing but a comforting sound none the less.

 

[azguy]

Wonder if a CIWS would have done its job, if HSV-2 had been armed with one.

Ask the many troops that were protected by CRAM (CWIS on a truck bed) in the desert. Here's a hint: CWIS is effective.

 

[zippy]

Ask the many troops that were protected by CRAM (CWIS on a truck bed) in the desert. Here's a hint: CWIS is effective.

Not all the time... it seems to miss enough that guys aren't surprised when it whiffs.

 

[zippy]

And here's the aftermath... not sunk, but not pretty.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...hsv-2-swift-following-attack-off-yemeni-coast

 

[azguy]

Not all the time... it seems to miss enough that guys aren't surprised when it whiffs.

Yeah, and that's with f-ing mortars! That's literally hitting a bullet with a bullet (well, many bullets on the CIWS end). The vast, vast majority of ASCMs in the world today are an easier target.

 

[Flash]

And here's the aftermath... not sunk, but not pretty.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...hsv-2-swift-following-attack-off-yemeni-coast

Eh, that'll buff right out.

 

[DesertRooster]

And here's the aftermath... not sunk, but not pretty.

http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...hsv-2-swift-following-attack-off-yemeni-coast

It seems like there isn't much to actually hit below the water line