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Ryuu96 on 11 August 2024
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Bofferbrauer2 said:
Ryuu96 said:

In all seriousness, I've read before that Storm Shadow wouldn't be strong enough, nor would ATACMS, they'd only temporarily take out a small section of the bridge, that's why we need Taurus because it has a design to take out bridges, they really need to blow the pillars. I do not believe Neptune has a more powerful warhead than Storm Shadow but I could be wrong.

They'd probably blow a chunk out but that'll be fixed fairly quickly, the pillars need to go.

From a pure explosive power stance Taurus ain't much stronger than Storm Shadow (480kg vs 450kg warhead), but quite a bit more than ATACMS (275kg if single warhead) or Neptune (150kg), so if the Storm shadow ain't strong enough, chances are Taurus is too weak, too.

However, both Taurus and Neptune are designed more towards attacking bridges, so they could be more lethal against those targets than their pure warhead sizes would suggest.

It's less about power and more about their designs, Taurus is specifically designed to takedown bridges while Storm Shadow isn't. Storm Shadow could blow sections of the bridge but they've already blown sections of the bridge, they're repaired quickly, what needs to be taken out is the pillars and Storm Shadow is less likely to be able to do that due to design.

Firstly, Taurus has longer range than Storm Shadow so I'm unsure if Storm Shadow can even reach the bridge. But the reason why it's better designed for bridges is because Taurus has a superior fuse than Storm Shadow, allowing it to destroy complex structures better than Storm Shadow, it has an "intelligent" warhead system, Storm Shadow detonates after a set time upon penetration while Taurus can penetrate multiple layers and the warhead can be programmed to explode in the perfect spot for maximum damage to the structure.

Essentially Taurus detects layers on impact and explodes where best while Storm Shadow is a timed fuse and doesn't track the amount of structure it has passed through, it explodes after a set amount of time upon impact. Taurus will break through the top layer of the bridge and then explode at the perfect spot in the pillars. German officers have said in leaked calls that it would only take about 10-20 Taurus missiles to takedown Kerch Bridge and they heavily implied that "unlike Storm Shadow/Scalp" Taurus would be able to penetrate the structure of the bridge and get to the pillars.

TLDR: Taurus fuse detonation is way better than Storm Shadow.

I was probably wrong about Storm Shadow not being powerful enough and was thinking solely of ATACMS being not powerful enough but Storm Shadow can't reach the bridge anyway and even if it's powerful enough, you'd need to get lucky that it would detonate at the exact optimal time to cause serious destruction to the pillars.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 11 August 2024