gwh%tornado.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (09/14/90)
From: gwh%tornado.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) In article <1990Sep6.155025.26643@cbnews.att.com> bobmcc@tiger.tcs.com (Bob McCormick) writes: >> These 61 VLS tubes in the Spruances that have VLS are (to my understanding) >>filled only with Tomahawk. > >I just finished reading _Moder Naval Combat_, published by, I think, Salamander >Press. If my memory is correct (I'm at work, book at home) the book >says that >the vertical launch system can fire 3 types of missiles. Two are most likely >the ASROC (anti-submarine) and Standard (anti-air) missiles. The third is >either Tomahawk (cruise) or Harpoon (anti-ship). Anybody have a reference >handy? While you are technically correct, the Spruance carries only the Tomhawk because it hasn't got the guideance radars for the Standard missiles (SM-1 or SM-2 ...) and the VLS capable ASROC hasn't yet entered inventory (or hadn't last I checked...only very recently if it has yet). >You implied that the 61 launch tubes carry 61 Tomahawks. From my reading, >every ship in the US Navy does not carry a full load of "ammo". Naturally, >in a limited conflict, the Navy could load up the few ships involved. Not true. They almost always sortie with full magazines. Any space is due to having expended rounds in training or having missiles out for maintenance. == George William Herbert == ******************************************* == JOAT for Hire: Anything, == * Warning: This Person Contains Chemicals * =======Anywhere, My Price======= * Which are Known to Cause Cancer, Birth * == gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu == ******** Defects, and Brain Damage! ******* == ucbvax!ocf!gwh == The OCF Gang: Making Tomorrow's Mistakes Today