Since the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States has repeatedly provided military aid to Ukraine in an attempt to use military aid to change the tide of the war. Unfortunately, the military reinforcements did not really turn the tide of the war, and the Ukrainian army was still in a passive state of being beaten, but it could not be said to be ineffective. On June 30, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the withdrawal of troops from Snake Island, and there are different opinions about this operation, which is generally considered to be a "trap". According to Indian media reports, on July 1, senior US defense officials said that the Russian army was "beaten away" by the US-made Super Harpoon missile on Snake Island! According to the Americans, the Ukrainian army used Harpoon missiles to sink a Russian supply ship bound for Snake Island, giving the Russian army no confidence to hold on and had to withdraw from Snake Island.
Super harpoon, fight away the Russian army
If the relevant description is followed, then it is the United States-aided Harpoon anti-ship missile that suddenly attacked, successfully broke through the Russian defense system to intercept, and finally sank the Russian warship, which should refer to the June 17 at 4 a.m., the Russian Black Sea Fleet's Vasily Baker was attacked by Ukrainian missiles just 20 kilometers from the southwest coast of Ukraine.
A snake island became the focus of contention
No matter what the Russian side said, the Ukrainian side and the United States side believed that the Russian troops on Snake Island had been blown up and forced to retreat. That is, according to the Indian media in "Super Harpoon! Recognize the U.S. Navy's "game-changing" missile, which "forced" Russia to retreat from Snake Island, and said in the article: The U.S.-made Super Harpoon missile showed its might, and the Russian army was defeated by a U.S.-aided missile. Both the Ukrainian army and the US military have expressed that they have sunk the target with Harpoon missiles. According to the Ukrainian army, 2 Harpoon missiles were used at that time, sinking the target in 15 seconds.
Harpoon is a subsonic, high-explosive, over-the-horizon, sea-skimming anti-ship missile. Guided by active radar and weighing 221 kilograms, the missile can be launched using a variety of platforms, including: trucks, submarines and aircraft. The Ukrainian army should use the Harpoon Block 2 anti-ship missile, with a maximum range of 130 kilometers. This model belongs to the latest model, which can also be called: "Super Harpoon", with new features, including "improved resistance to countermeasures and better targets."
The Russians strengthened the defenses of Snake Island, but they could not stop Harpoon
In any case, the United States and Ukraine believe in Harpoon Victory and have always listed Harpoon missiles as the focus of aid, and on June 15, the United States announced a security assistance plan for Ukraine, which includes two sets of "Harpoon" coastal defense systems. Notably, in May, the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems Command, which was preparing to discuss with Boeing about the production of the Harpoon coastal defense system, clearly regarded it as a victory-making device.
At the same time, the Indian media also noticed a new problem, the US military not only intends to deliver Harpoon missiles to the Ukrainian army, but also has sold the Taiwan army. If the United States previously announced the provision of 100 sets of land-based anti-ship missile systems to Taiwan, it involves the Taiwan military's purchase of 400 new RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block 2 missiles, as well as 100 launchers, and 25 radar trucks, with a total value of 2.37 billion US dollars.
The sinking of the Moscow ship undoubtedly makes people not underestimate the power of anti-ship missiles
Now the Taiwan military has bought another 400 Harpoon missiles, which is not a small scale, which is equivalent to allowing the Taiwan military to establish a shore-based anti-ship missile system of a fairly large scale. When it comes to this, many people think about it, how do we deal with it? Perhaps there was a threat, but not as high as imagined, and the Harpoon missile was technically, dating back to 1977, and was already quite old. Even though its main technology has undergone extensive updates, it is still an early anti-ship missile. Roughly equivalent to the C801 series, which entered service in the 1980s.
Today, the threat of Harpoon missiles is a bit boastful, like the sinking of a Russian warship is a controversy in itself, vasily Baker is just a 1600-ton rescue tugboat, belonging to the military auxiliary ship category, mainly used to rescue and tow urgent ships in distress and other jobs. The Russians used it as a supply ship, and the result was a bit watery.
However, Snake Island was bombed N times, and the Russian army finally gave up
The target of the modern ship's close defense system is, first of all, the missiles such as harpoons, whether it is soft kill or hard destruction technology is quite mature, the effect is also very good. Harpoon missiles, for us, can only create trouble, not a threat.
Nowadays, it is unrealistic to simply want to rely on a missile to achieve anything cheap, the United States thinks that as long as the equipment is advanced, it can solve the problem, but the reality is far from what it imagines, the more it relies on equipment, the more it will lose the war, and now ukraine has set the trend, losing is only a matter of time, the United States can not achieve its goal.