pershing@athena.mit.edu (Michael A. Scheele) (02/15/91)
From: pershing@athena.mit.edu (Michael A. Scheele) In article <1991Feb13.220140.4139@cbnews.att.com>, neil@progress.COM (Neil Galarneau) writes: >I find it difficult to believe that the armed forces would send up all these >planes as sitting ducks. It seems to me that hitting a non-maneuvering >Early Warning Radar is much easier than hitting a Mach 1 or 2 fighter or a >Mach 3? Phoenix (not that the Phoenix is much smaller than a fighter :-). >Also, where is the Soviet version? The Phoenix flys at Mach 5+ which makes it a very fast air-to-air missile. >What is this French missile that will hit the ship which protects the carrier >from missile hits (Aegis)? An Exocet? Personally I doubt the Iraqis could get a hit with the number of planes they have used in their attack sorties. After all, it is not as if the Aegis cruisers would be overwhelmed by numbers. Yes, I know the Exocet is hard to hit, but it would have to be fired a long distance away from the ship (to avoid be shot down) and would have to get by the SM-2's and CIWS on the Aegis cruisers (not to mention support from non-Aegis ships). Well, if all else fails, they could hide behind a battleship and pay for the repainting... ;-) Michael -- | Michael A. Scheele -- MIT '91 Internet : pershing@athena.mit.edu | | UUCP : {backbone..}!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!mit-athena!pershing | | Mail : 4 Ames Street ; Cambridge, MA 02139 | | The right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed! |