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When did aircraft, either land or ship based, begin to surpass warships in naval combat capabilities?
depends on which ships and which aircraftWhen did aircraft, either land or ship based, begin to surpass warships in naval combat capabilities?
One Ohio or Typhoon can effectively destroy every city with a population over 500,000 in North America or Europe.
Pretty sure there are no single aircraft that can manage that.
One well handled SSN could wipe out the entire Royal Navy (not that it would be easy, or even likely, just possible). Again, no aircraft would manage that with conventional weapons.
One Burke DDG could destroy 40+ land targets a couple hundred miles distant, dropping every weapon into a 2 meter square box, while reatining enough SAM to destroy every Tu-95 the Russian Air Force operates. Seems relatively potent to me.
However, individual aircraft weigh in the range of a few tonnes, ships in the range of several hundred, several thousands or several tens of thousands of tonnes. Ships also carry hundreds of crew each, aircraft only one-two.One Ohio or Typhoon can effectively destroy every city with a population over 500,000 in North America or Europe.
Pretty sure there are no single aircraft that can manage that.
One well handled SSN could wipe out the entire Royal Navy (not that it would be easy, or even likely, just possible). Again, no aircraft would manage that with conventional weapons.
One Burke DDG could destroy 40+ land targets a couple hundred miles distant, dropping every weapon into a 2 meter square box, while reatining enough SAM to destroy every Tu-95 the Russian Air Force operates. Seems relatively potent to me.
When did aircraft, either land or ship based, begin to surpass warships in naval combat capabilities?
When did aircraft, either land or ship based, begin to surpass warships in naval combat capabilities?
When did aircraft, either land or ship based, begin to surpass warships in naval combat capabilities?
This is focusing more on naval combat capabilities, not general combat capabilities. Floating missile bases certainly should have more firepower than bombers.