Well, I really appreciate this guy's (same guy together with H.I.Sutton) who bought 404 propaganda and photoshop about Rostov-on-Don SSK (allegedly "destroyed" by Stormshadow, remember?) getting into the business of trying to stay objective when talking about Soviet/Russian Navy. Good:
There is only one problem, naturally: 3M80 Moskit is "slightly" faster, let's go to the most authoritative in terms of data (not operational overview) legendary guide by Captains, PhDs in naval engineering Kuzin and Nikolsky:
As you can see yourself, 3M80 Moskit was from the get-go a M=2.5+ anti-shipping missile.
And in this case, Mr. Sub Brief misses one key point: in 1984 the radio horizon of the CG of Ticonderoga-class was around, let's be generous, AN-SPS at 20 meters, let's count with 3M80 20-meter elevation--about 32 kilometers. But here is what Mr. Sub Brief doesn't know, Moskit wasn't flying straight, because it also could see the target with its active radar homing head from 32 kilometers and instead of flying at 20 meters at terminal it was beginning to maneuver violently, including, but not limited to, conducting anti-AD "gorka" (hill) maneuver with insane g-loads and it was done at the speed of M=2.5+. If you think that Aegis and whatever was carried then in MK 41 VLS and Sea Sparrows could handle that, let alone a salvo of 4-6-8 of those--I have a bridge to sell you. You may say, nah, it is just M=0.3 he made a mistake here.
OK, here is this difference of M=0.3, it is almost 100 meters per second, it is also 358 kilometers per hour or 223 miles per hour which is exactly the cruise speed of B-29 Superfortress. No biggie, you see--the glorious tradition of presenting grossly reduced BS as a viable tactical-technical data on Russian weapons and platforms continues. Is there some psychological issue behind all that? You can bet your ass on that. It is called palliative therapy ... But then again, recall the "story" about Rostov-on-Don sub. I rest my case.
