Ayane

So your saying that sub-sonic sea skimming missiles are much more stealthier then super-sonic high altitude drop down attack missiles... So wouldnt that mean that ship engagement range of those missiles be shorter? The Tico seems to be able to engage those sub-sonic missiles at the maximum range of the SM-2 missiles.. which is around 40KMs..

Okay, is it me, or are the effectiveness of sub-sonic anti-ship missiles against Russian and US naval vessels very little? Im talking about the AGM-84A Hapoon, Sea Eagle, and Kh-35 Kayak.. The worst one is possibly Kh-35, its accuracy is terrible.. it usually gets shot down by imcoming missiles or totally misses its targets by a few metres.. EG: 2 SU-30 are carry 2 Kh-35 Kayak missiles, their target is a lonely Ticonderoga Guilded Missile Cruiser, the inital altitude of the SU-30 and range from the Ticonderoga was 28,000ft and 56nm. The SU-30 fires both their missiles @ a range of 45nm and at an altitude of 15,000ft. By the time the Kh-35 reaches 15km from the ship 3 of the 4 missiles have already been intercepted by the SM-2 (RIM-66 standard) missiles, and the last one just misses the ship by a few metres causing no damage towards the ship.. Are the subsonic anti-ship missiles very ineffective against armed naval vessels?