UK defence threatened by cheap Russian and Chinese missiles

[jpak]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4683868/6-2billion-aircraft-carriers-vulnerable-missiles.html

Britain's new £6.2billion aircraft carriers are vulnerable to relatively cheap long-range Russian and Chinese missiles, a report has revealed.

Multibillion-pound defence projects are at risk from technological advances by potential enemies of the UK, the think-tank study found.

Missiles costing less than £500,000 each could ‘at least disable’ Britain’s new £3.1billion HMS Queen Elizabeth, it claimed.

The report noted: ‘Key Western military assets had become vulnerable to targeting and disruption and destruction by long-range precision missiles to a degree that had hitherto been unthinkable.’


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[hedda_foil]

1. Well duh..ya think maybe could be?

[Demonaut]

2. bigger mousetrap?

[lpbk2713]

3. Ummm ... seems to me the carrier would have countermeasures.

But then I'm not an expert on such things.