[sci.military] Sacks, interceptions, and hurries

josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall) (01/23/91)

From: josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall)

In football terminology, it seems fair that we might credit 
air strikes on Scud sites with some "hurries", resulting in
the apparent recent decrease in accuracy by Scuds.

The "Encyclopedia of Rockets and Missiles" (1979) claims:
"Certainly the time taken to set up and fire the Scud-B is
much less than the hour of Scud-A, and End Tray radar is 
used for radiosonde tracking for upper-atmosphere data."

Even so, if I knew that my radar were attracting a flight
of wrathful F-15's, I might be tempted to hurry the 
measurements a bit.

--JoSH