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A Question For Military Peeps About Russia’s Bastion Missile System
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:44 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:44 am
I was watching Putin give an interview to Oliver Stone of all people. Stone was asking him about Crimea, specifically the Russian takeover of the peninsula. Putin said they (Russians) weren’t concerned at all about US Navy presence in the Black Sea because Russia could easily take out US ships if it needed to do so.
He then described an incident where a US captain turned his destroyer around and vacated the area once he realized he was targeted by Bastion. Putin’s words:
“There is no defense for this weapon. It’s a fire and forget weapon. The ship would have been destroyed with great loss of life. The captain was aware of this and made a good decision by removing himself. He was a smart captain.”
Bastion is a mobile system that launches supersonic missiles that travel to targets at 2000 mph at 20 ft off the surface.
Is it true that there is no defense against Bastion, or at least extremely difficult to defend against? Can US navy shoot down a skimming missile coming at 2000 mph?
He then described an incident where a US captain turned his destroyer around and vacated the area once he realized he was targeted by Bastion. Putin’s words:
“There is no defense for this weapon. It’s a fire and forget weapon. The ship would have been destroyed with great loss of life. The captain was aware of this and made a good decision by removing himself. He was a smart captain.”
Bastion is a mobile system that launches supersonic missiles that travel to targets at 2000 mph at 20 ft off the surface.
Is it true that there is no defense against Bastion, or at least extremely difficult to defend against? Can US navy shoot down a skimming missile coming at 2000 mph?
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Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:47 am to LuckyTiger
Nope.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:51 am to rebeloke
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Nope.
Insightful.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:52 am to LuckyTiger
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weren’t concerned at all about US Navy presence in the Black Sea because Russia could easily take out US ships if it needed to do so.
Easily? Put in may want to hear from his admirals particularly one who believes the US Navy would take the Black Sea fleet in 20 minutes.
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Bastion is a mobile system that launches supersonic missiles that travel to targets at 2000 mph at 20 ft off the surface.
Short answer is yes. Russia has used supersonic antiship missiles long enough to be admitted as an AARP member. Nothing new even same old Russian bluster.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:54 am to LuckyTiger
Russian technology and capabilities have ALWAYS been overblown...
Also, the Captain of the destroyer probably turned his ship around and vacated the area in order to potentially avoid an incident...
Also, the Captain of the destroyer probably turned his ship around and vacated the area in order to potentially avoid an incident...
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:55 am to Kino74
How do we avoid getting hit by this thing or manage to shoot it down?
2000 mph comes at you awful fast. This ain’t no cruise missile flying at 500 mph.
2000 mph comes at you awful fast. This ain’t no cruise missile flying at 500 mph.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:57 am to LuckyTiger
"Laser" :drevilvoice:
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:57 am to The Maj
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Russian technology and capabilities have ALWAYS been overblown...
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:59 am to LuckyTiger
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How do we avoid getting hit by this thing or manage to shoot it down?
Considering that it probably has the accuracy of a bottle rocket, we shouldn't have to.
Also, look at it from the rockets perspective, at 2000 mph, that small target 10 miles out is going to get real big, real fast.
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 8:02 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:59 am to LuckyTiger
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How do we avoid getting hit by this thing or manage to shoot it down?
Look up the Standard Missile family of missiles. Anything from ICBM to antiship missiles is on the menu. We even have some modified like the SM-6 to kill ships.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 8:18 am to LuckyTiger
Posted on 6/16/20 at 8:25 am to rebeloke
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Nope.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 8:34 am to Gaspergou202
Posted on 6/16/20 at 9:36 am to LuckyTiger
Cool looking video. I wonder how well they are maintained and how many are operational. I hope we never have to find out, but it seems like a lot could go wrong when launching these.
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