Varyag aircraft carrier

"Jack Linthicum" wrote in message
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On Jan 5, 12:20 pm, "Keith Willshaw"
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"jkochko68" wrote in message

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On Jan 2, 1:56 pm, Timur wrote:

http://x.bbs.sina.com.cn/forum/pic/4e286bac010472cv
I would not be overly worried about that carrier. Our recon. sats will
have eyes on it 24/7 and with B-52s with tomahawks its a sitting duck.

There are a couple of problems with this theory

1) Recon satellites are not able to monitor a given ship 24/7
They are typically in polar orbits and a given satellite will only overfly
a specified target for a matter of minutes per day

2) The typical antiship missile used by the B-52 is the AGM-84 Harpoon
Since this has a relatively short range you wouldnt want to risk
an unescorted B-52 that close to a carrier.

Keith

= I think some of the shots of the carrier building in the Ukraine, way
= back when, surprised the Soviets when they were published. Perhaps
= some improvement in oblique shots.

I am sure they hav BUT good photos of a shipyard are a far cry form real
time surveillance.

Keith