'Battleship' Killers: The Best 5 Anti-Ship Missiles on the Planet. The future is now. The LRASM was intended to pioneer more sophisticated autonomous targeting capabilities than the U.S. Navy's current Harpoon anti-ship missile, which has been in service since … Michael Garrity. Let's rank these bad boys. It depends on a couple of factors. knowing what platforms carry it. Let's rank these bad boys. It depends on what you mean by ‘withstand’. For example, where you fight is an incredibly important factor. What you fight with is another. Obviously a WW2 vintage Battleship would have no practical means of shooting down an incoming anti-ship missile or avoiding a modern torpedo. By ‘withstand’ do you mean ‘not sink’ or by ‘withstand’ do you mean ‘able to perform effectively. The LRASM was intended to pioneer more sophisticated autonomous targeting capabilities than the U.S. Navy's current Harpoon anti-ship missile, which has been in service since 1977. A lot of preparation for defense against anti-ship missiles is done before hand - much like preparing for a game of WoWS - knowing gun ranges, detection ranges, know who has smoke, who has radar, etc. The AGM-158C LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) is a stealthy anti-ship cruise missile developed for the United States Air Force and United States Navy by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (). Cruise). Post Mar 09, 2009 #1 2009-03-09T02:47. Then the individual strengths and weaknesses of the ships can be assessed. It is already assumed that the area defence has failed since the hit was made so the argument that a modern ship with her AA missiles can defend herself better is mute. Navy Killers: 5 Missiles That Can Sink Any 'Battleship' Your navy won't be floating for long if you have to go to war against these missiles. TL-10 – Light weight fire and forgot anti-ship missile designed to … Navy Killers: 5 Missiles That Can Sink Any 'Battleship' Your navy won't be floating for long if you have to go to war against these missiles. YJ-6 (CAS-1 Kraken) – Also known as the C-601 air-launched anti-ship missile, developed from HY-2 in 1980s ; TL-6 – Anti-ship missile designed to engage naval vessel with displacement up to 1,000 tons. The AGM-158C LRASM (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile) is a stealthy anti-ship cruise missile developed for the United States Air Force and United States Navy by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (). For this subject of battleship durability, what detractors need to show is that after a missile hits, can a modern ship withstand the hit better than an Iowa. by Kyle Mizokami. Knowledge is power - knowing the characteristics of the missiles you are potentially facing, how it's targeted. Michael Garrity. Ahoy there: How might a SoDak or an Iowa fare against such threats as an Exocet, the same missle that mashed HMS Sheffield durig the Falklands Islands conflict in 1982? Obviously a WW2 vintage Battleship would have no practical means of shooting down an incoming anti-ship missile or avoiding a modern torpedo. You Sunk My 'Battleship': 5 Missiles That Could Crush Any Navy. 56. My question is what is the effect of a hit with such a weapon have?