Batrix2070
RON/PLC was a wonderful country.
In theory, yes, missiles are cheaper than a frigate. The problem lies, as always, with economics.I am ignorant.But i knew,that AS missiles are much cheaper then frigate,and Baltic is not place where frigate could be out of enemy missiles range.
The anti-aircraft defenses of modern ships will only be broken by a huge number of them. That's one thing, and yet we're talking about just one ship! Add to this that frigates are pack ships, they will never sail alone. It is safe to assume that it will be a situation of two at sea + one in port. This way there will be a constant rotation of units.
What does this give? Well, if we assume that to penetrate the ship's defenses we need at least three times as many anti-ship missiles as a given ship has anti-aircraft missiles, then in the case of a team of ships this cost increases massively.
As for the second, you know in theory yes in practice no.
First of all, you have to find such a ship and that won't be so easy. Secondly, you have to prepare a suitable mission to destroy such a ship. It's not like an infantry position on land that you see a target then you shoot. It takes time, first to plan your actions, then to fire missiles and then to get the missiles to the target and only then to try to break through the defenses. The best fleets are able to do this in 15 minutes.
The joke is that the Russian Navy is able to carry out this process but in... 4 hours. To underscore the patheticness, know that this is enough time for the Mieczniks to sail from Gdansk to Szczecin.