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EX500rider

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17. "......... ship was even remotely dangerous to a carrier group"

Reply to Hugin (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:12 PM

8 hrs ago

The Qader medium-range anti-ship cruise missiles she carried with a range of 300km and a sea-skimming profile and a 440lb warhead wouldn't exactly tickle IMO.

And close enough and her Valfajr homing torpedo's would also be dangerous, 15k range, 300k warhead.

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True sarisataka 10 hrs ago #15

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"......... ship was even remotely dangerous to a carrier group" EX500rider 8 hrs ago #17

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