[sci.military] Silkworm missles shot down

smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) (02/27/91)

From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)

The Iraqis fired two Silworm missles at coalition ships.  The target
was not clear (or perhaps not disclosed), but it could have been
the USS Missouri.  One Silkworm was shot down by a British Sea Dart;
the other crashed into the sea.