These things seem to come in different sizes with varying ranges and warheads. Still, at Mach 3 a smaller warhead would break a few plates. Deck plates, hull plates, etc.

Russian version.

Chinese version also uses inertial guidance for the final phase, and has a terminal speed of Mach 3.

India purchased a model or derivative of the Sizzler. Uses predetermined coordinates and inertial guidance for navigation. Would think that would be especially difficult to jam.

In discussing the an earlier Russian version of an earlier missile, the "Moskit" SS-N-22 Sunburn, FAS makes this comment.

"When slower missiles, like the French Exocet are used, the maximum theoretical response time for the defending ship is 150-120 seconds. This provides time to launch countermeasures and employ jamming before deploying "hard" defense tactics such as launching missiles and using quick-firing artillery. But the 3M82 "Mosquito" missiles are extremely fast and give the defending side a maximum theoretical response time of merely 25-30 seconds, rendering it extremely difficult employ jamming and countermeasures, let alone fire missiles and quick-firing artillery."

Looks as if the Russians developed it, sold it to the Chinese, who sold it to the Indians and it would be on the open market.

The 150 to 180 mile range would be a limitation except in the Gulf Region, and it would seem a different first stage could be mounted with would extend that range.

I would think that aircraft carriers are such prestigous and high-value targets that enormous efforts would have gone into small missiles which could take them out. And it wouldn't surprise me that the US, which relies on them so much to project power in spite of having 170 (one-hundred seventy) military bases around the world, would not publicize their vulnerability in order to buy more of them. The interested parties would of course know they are vulnerable, but the public wouldn't.

Not quite as cost effective as using our own airplanes to take out the WTC, 10 or 15 of them still look mighty cheap compared to a CVN.

Arf