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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1409698" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>On a more 'serious' note, if the missiles they are firing are ballistic missiles, they are difficult to shoot down due to velocity and altitude. The Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) will but afaik, it isn't ship adaptable. Aegis BMD is supposed to be able to take on short and medium range ballistic missiles.</p><p></p><p><em>As of May 2014, there are 5 Ticonderoga class cruisers and 25 Arleigh Burke class destroyers equipped with BMD in the U.S. Navy. Of the 30 ships, 16 are assigned to the Pacific Fleet and 14 to the Atlantic Fleet</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Bal ... nse_System</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_ ... ea_Defense</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1409698, member: 18945"] On a more 'serious' note, if the missiles they are firing are ballistic missiles, they are difficult to shoot down due to velocity and altitude. The Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) will but afaik, it isn't ship adaptable. Aegis BMD is supposed to be able to take on short and medium range ballistic missiles. [i]As of May 2014, there are 5 Ticonderoga class cruisers and 25 Arleigh Burke class destroyers equipped with BMD in the U.S. Navy. Of the 30 ships, 16 are assigned to the Pacific Fleet and 14 to the Atlantic Fleet[/i] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Bal ... nse_System[/url] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_ ... ea_Defense[/url] [/QUOTE]
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