I have a quick question. Would the SSMs that the Soviets used, like the Sandbox or the Scorpion, be effective or feasible in a modern navy?
The only missile I'm aware of that's called Scorpion is the Gabriel Mk 2 used by the South African Navy.
The P500 is still in limited use by the Russian navy, so yes it would be of some use. However, if I would probably invest in one of its later derivatives like the P-700 Granit or the P-800 Oniks or maybe even BrahMos.
And would it be possible to put an ICBM on a ship?
Both the USN and the Italian navy planned to do it. CGN-9 Long Beach had space reserved for polaris tubes and the Giuseppe Garibaldi even had the tubes installed however the US supplied the missiles.
That being said, putting ICBMs on a surface ship doesn't make all that much sense if you ask me. The entire point of naval ICBMs is to be undetectable, something a surface ship very much isn't.
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