>В работе американского CNA (CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES) 1979 года, PROTECTING THE FLEET
>David Kassing
>есть любопытный пассаж:
>Regardless of the fate of surveillance satellites, protection of the U.S. fleet from attack by large surface ships is not likely to be a serious problem. The Kievs, Krestas, and Karas would be the first of the Soviets' major forces to sustain heavy losses.
>Перевод и комментарии, как говорится, не нужны...
Хотя забавно, двумя годами ранее тот же автор (New Technology and Naval Forces in the South Atlantic:
Whatever the fate of satellites, large surface ships are likely to be the first major force to sustain large losses, This is as true of the Soviet Klevssб Krestas, and Karas, as for the U.S. carriers and cruisers. The most likely outcome of naval combat on the surface of the oceans is a double knock-outs with both sides losing large portions of their surface forces.
>>Regardless of the fate of surveillance satellites, protection of the U.S. fleet from attack by large surface ships is not likely to be a serious problem. The Kievs, Krestas, and Karas would be the first of the Soviets' major forces to sustain heavy losses.
>>Перевод и комментарии, как говорится, не нужны...
>Хотя забавно, двумя годами ранее тот же автор (New Technology and Naval Forces in the South Atlantic:
>Whatever the fate of satellites, large surface ships are likely to be the first major force to sustain large losses, This is as true of the Soviet Klevssб Krestas, and Karas, as for the U.S. carriers and cruisers. The most likely outcome of naval combat on the surface of the oceans is a double knock-outs with both sides losing large portions of their surface forces.
Может быть в первом случае автор рассматривал ситуацию безядерной войны на ТВД, во втором - ядерной? :-)