gwh%typhoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (10/20/89)
From: gwh%typhoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
In article <10307@cbnews.ATT.COM> pierson@cimnet.dec.com writes:
:
:[ mod.note: The airlaunched millimeter seeker you mention sounds familiar
: to me. I recall hearing several years ago for a proposal (I've
: forgotten the name) for such a missile. It could be carried by
: A-10's or F-16's, and had a few interesting capabilities. First,
: it could be launched from well out of visual range, maybe 20 miles,
: and would travel to a preset map coordinate and look for targets.
: It could then be given a logical sequence in which to attack them.
: As a ferinstance, the A-10 driver could launch 5 missiles toward
: a known intersection where tanks were reported, instructing the
: first missile to hit the first tank in the column, the second to
: hit the second, and the last three to search for ZSU AA tanks
: or mobile SAM's.
This is news to me.... anyone have project data?
:Which makes me wonder about a 60mm mortar class round WITH SEEKER TECHNOLOGY.
I've SEEN homing mortar rounds (120mm, not 60...) and with shaped charges they work very very well.
And for all of you interested:
Following the recent Bay Area Quake, and disabling of a bridge, let's
watch and see how the disruption in travel compares with everyone's
favorite terrorist scenarios. It should be educational.
George William Herbert
(I was at my computer when the big quake came!!! 12 stories of new and
very tough math and cs building above me, and it shook but held... :)