China and Russia are actively developing simple and low-cost weapons systems designed to destroy American aircraft carriers, which may pose serious threats in the near future. It is reported the publication The National Interest, referring to the report of the British Royal Institute of United Combat Services. The document recommends upgrading existing weapons and finally getting rid of outdated military equipment.
What threatens western aircraft carriers?
The report of the Institute focuses on the significant successes that China and Russia demonstrate in the field of creating anti-ship missiles that could seriously damage, or even destroy an aircraft carrier, the cost of several billion dollars. The price of one rocket is hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In the West, a certain financial imbalance of the modern war was noticed even during the start of the campaign against so-called international terrorism. Then it turned out that for the destruction of a pickup worth $ 10 thousand, it is necessary to launch a rocket at the cost of $ 70 thousand from an aircraft, the operating time of which costs taxpayers $ 30 thousand.
Experts from the institute suggested that the government should develop new technologies capable of countering the emerging threats.
