beucler@ksr.com (03/08/91)
From: beucler@ksr.com what is ASROC? i've been following mail, but cant determine what it means? also, what are official names of general ranks? I always thought it was: 1 brigadier 2 leutenant 3 major 4 full (or just plain general) 5 G of the armies. again patient reading hasn't yielded yet.
dragoo@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P. Dragoo) (03/13/91)
From: dragoo@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P. Dragoo) In article <1991Mar8.022819.9172@cbnews.att.com> beucler@ksr.com writes: >what is ASROC? i've been following mail, but cant determine >what it means? ASROC stands for "Anti-Submarin ROCket", and it is an unguided rocket fired from a special launcher on surface ships, with either a Mk 46 torpedo or a 1kT nuclear depth charge as a warhead. The normal range is 9km(about 5.625 miles), but the Extended range version has an 18km(11.25 miles) range. The underwater contemporary is SUBROC--SUBmarin-launched ROCket. =============================================================================== mail all flames to wyang@hpuxa.acs.ohio-state.edu--(its not me, but he wo n' complain...much...) "I know this ship like th' back o' my hand...KLONK!" Montgomery Scott, STV "Your new pledge name is...Pinto! Why Pinto? Why Not!?" Bluto and Kroger
em31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric Andrew Morgan) (03/13/91)
From: Eric Andrew Morgan <em31+@andrew.cmu.edu> >From: beucler@ksr.com >what is ASROC? i've been following mail, but cant determine >what it means? also, what are official names of general >ranks? I always thought it was: >1 brigadier >2 leutenant >3 major >4 full (or just plain general) >5 G of the armies. >again patient reading hasn't yielded yet. ASROC stands for Anti-Submarine Rocket. It is basically a missile/rocket designed to kill submarines, that launches from a ship. It does this by dropping, I believe, a Mk46 Torpedo into the water. It is considered a standoff ASW weapon. It allows a surface ship to try to kill a sub at distances that are more safe for the ship. You had the generals nearly right except you had major general and lieutenant switched. Surprisingly, Lt. General comes after Major General. ---------------------------------------------------------- Eric Andrew Morgan Carnegie Mellon University The opinions expressed here are solely the product of my twisted mind and not the views of any government or private agency, however twisted. ----------------------------------------------------------
6600bwg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Barney W. Greinke) (03/13/91)
From: 6600bwg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Barney W. Greinke) In article <1991Mar8.022819.9172@cbnews.att.com> beucler@ksr.com writes: >From: beucler@ksr.com >what is ASROC? i've been following mail, but cant determine >what it means? ASROC is the Anti-Submarine ROCket. It is a ballistic rocket launched by US ships to a target point. When the rocket reaches the target point, it releases its payload. The payload is usually an anti-submarine torpedo like the Mk.46, or a nuclear depth charge. The payload is lowered by drag chute to the water's surface. BWG