Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Does anyone know enough to comment on this? Could they really only have one ship with long range missiles on it?
It was a key system and will make any navy operations more difficult. They do not have another shipping that has these capabilities. This will force their ships to redeploy - ie have to stay farther off shore, use three ships instead of one to try to replace capabilities lost, force protection radius will be reduced, any resupply and troop ship will be vulnerable, etc.
Also this was their best anti missile/ anti aircraft ship. It was taken out by two missiles. More anti ship missiles/anti ship system(mines, radar, etc) are coming. So think of it like this. You and your big professional MMA friend walk into a bar, start throwing your weight around and the next thing you know your MMA friend is unconscious on the floor. It changes the situation.