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Article: Carrier killers: Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship missiles, part I.
- Article from:
- Journal of Electronic Defense
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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The Cold War required the Soviet Union to compete with the US on the high seas. Never being a naval power, the Soviets had to find a way to bypass US dominance in blue waters. The answer was the submarine and the guided missile. As the aircraft-carrier battlegroup is a symbol of US naval power, the missile-armed submarine became a symbol of Soviet naval power. Russia continues in this line, hoping to restore some of its former glory.
After WWII, it was obvious that reaching naval parity with the US Navy was too difficult a task for the Soviet Navy. But new weapons and technology would provide adequate capabilities. Therefore, three parallel anti-ship missile ...