john@hp-pcd.UUCP (07/17/84)
Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Jul 26 16:02:00 1984 Anything can be used to shoot at a target as long as the target isn't shooting back.I doubt if that ship would have been used if Cyprus were a military base with defensive firepower. John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john
BMG@MIT-XX.ARPA (07/17/84)
From: Bernard Gunther <BMG@MIT-XX.ARPA> In the recent debate about decomissioning the enterprise after only 20 years of service, it is interesting to remember that in 1914, the German high command gave a ship to the Turkish navy. (they used this ship to bring Turkey into the war, but that's another story). Anyway, this ship was used in the shelling of Cyprus in 1971 (yes 71) and unless I'm mistaken, it is still in active service. This would make the ship 70 years old. If a pre-WWI ship is still a ship capable of fighting effectively and being used in active combat, then there is no real reason why a ship of the Enterprise's caliber can't still be effective, even though it is 20 years old. -------