We sow how mutch US has put effort and money to its ABM capabilities and how many systems they developt and are developing. So among all sorts of it like GBI/ KEI / THAAD / ABL / short ranged laser systems (primarly pushed by Israel) / Patriot / Meads / SM-3 not to mention numerous space system surely in consideration if not designed phase I think US navalized ABM systems will in time prove itself to be biggest threat and biggest detterent for all countries that are seeking to achive some kind of status with the use and development of BM.
Firstly US has around 50 Burke class destroyers and about 25 Tico class cruisers all of witch will eventualy be armed with SM-3 witch has proven itself to be a potent conter to 2000km range BM and are perfectly able to conter Chinese BM threat around Taiwan once deployed in numbers. Secondly those ships can not be found easily and can sneak up near border and siriously affect any BM plans by potential enemy and can if neccessery can be protected by aircraft carrier. As KEI / THAAD evolves navalized version are most likeky to be made and instaled along with mutch more advanced verions of SM-3 being developt. Those ships armed with such weapons will most likely in future present mutch bigger threat in possible nuclear excange with Russia or China or any other aggresor than silo based. Easily deployable in numbers and hardly detected by enemy but armed with potent weapons like enchanted SM-3, navalized THAAD not to mention KEI will alter balance of power in mutch more sofisticated way than ground based interceptor against witch you can allays lounch pre-emtive strikes.
Now I know navalized THAAD or KEI missiles can not fit in VK 41 but thats just small easily resolvable design problems.
Just my 50 cent ... what do you think?
Firstly US has around 50 Burke class destroyers and about 25 Tico class cruisers all of witch will eventualy be armed with SM-3 witch has proven itself to be a potent conter to 2000km range BM and are perfectly able to conter Chinese BM threat around Taiwan once deployed in numbers. Secondly those ships can not be found easily and can sneak up near border and siriously affect any BM plans by potential enemy and can if neccessery can be protected by aircraft carrier. As KEI / THAAD evolves navalized version are most likeky to be made and instaled along with mutch more advanced verions of SM-3 being developt. Those ships armed with such weapons will most likely in future present mutch bigger threat in possible nuclear excange with Russia or China or any other aggresor than silo based. Easily deployable in numbers and hardly detected by enemy but armed with potent weapons like enchanted SM-3, navalized THAAD not to mention KEI will alter balance of power in mutch more sofisticated way than ground based interceptor against witch you can allays lounch pre-emtive strikes.
Now I know navalized THAAD or KEI missiles can not fit in VK 41 but thats just small easily resolvable design problems.
Just my 50 cent ... what do you think?