据一些海军和防务方面的分析家认为,1967年10月,埃及的机动船发射一枚俄国造的“冥河”导弹,命中并击沉了以色列的“埃拉特”驱逐舰,标志了一个时代的结束。水面海军的时代已经告终,未来属于潜艇。美国海军的决策者们和他们在世界各国的海军对手们一样,埃及人的战绩给了他们深刻的印象。不过美国人感到意外的程度也许稍微轻一些。他们自第二次世界大战结束以来,就一直从事以各种方式防护导弹攻击水面舰队的工作。他们知道,这些导弹很快就会是超音速的,可能是大量发射和射程很远,而且可能从潜艇、水面舰艇或从远离地平线的飞机上发 According to some naval and defense analysts, in October 1967, a motor boat from Egypt fired a Russian-made “Styx” missile that hit and sank Israel’s “Eilat” destroyers, marking an era The end of The era of the surface navy has ended, the future belongs to the submarine. The U.S. naval policymakers, like their naval rivals in various countries around the world, were deeply impressed by the record of the Egyptians. But Americans may feel a little less unexpected level. Since the end of World War II, they have been engaged in various ways of defending missile attacks on surface fleets. They know that these missiles will soon be supersonic, possibly with a large number of launches and long range and possibly from submarines, surface ships or from planes far from the horizon