kaku1
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but it has 48 vls tubes, if all those tubes had aster 15 and aster 30 and were expended shooting down two dozen c-802 missiles in a first wave, then it wont have any more missiles, and the 4-6 CX-1 Missiles could get through and turn that destroyer into the royal navy's general belgrano (the motive from an Argentinian point of view, should hostilities break out)
double or triple the numbers of missiles if its a floatilla of two type 45 destroyers and multiple type 23 frigates to ensure those ships are sunk (the c-802 might actually have some get through and the cx-1 might not be needed, but all good militaries plan for over kill if they have the resources
also if the chinese/pakistanis are willing to export the jf-17 to argentina, the chinese will more than likely be required by the Argentinians to sell advanced missiles of all kinds early on, so an arms embargo doesn't cut their supplies when they actually need the missiles
even china was pressured to cut off missile sales to iran, so even the chinese could cut off exports to a another nation if major powers put pressure on them.
doesn't matter how "advanced" a destroyer is, without armament it is just a target
britian can currently count on the fact that argentina is basically bankrupt and not run by another military dictatorship with argressive intent
This destroyer is a fleet destroyer, not alone one. Its purpose is to escort QE class. So, what you think, what would be retaliation from QE.
Even SAMPSON can detect a bogey from 300 Km, what you think British aircraft remain on its carrier, while a JF-17 destroy its whole fleet?