henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (05/02/89)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >The antiship warheads are not shaped charge and ships generally don't have >enough of a hull backing to prevent collateral damage. Soviet antiship missiles are believed to use shaped charges, actually. (Bloody large ones, too.) However, the lack of hull backing is indeed a problem.
maniac%garnet.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George W. Herbert) (05/03/89)
From: maniac%garnet.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George W. Herbert) In article <6153@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >>The antiship warheads are not shaped charge and ships generally don't have >>enough of a hull backing to prevent collateral damage. >Soviet antiship missiles are believed to use shaped charges, actually. Yes, but that's not the primary damage mechanism. ~1000 lbs plus of Comb. B equivalent is going to bash a ship regardless of shaped charge. The shaping will increase the depth of damage, esp. with light armour. The point is moot. Figuring a reactive armour charge needs about as much depth as the warhead, we'd need about 3'. Plus the foot or so of backing... Better to just use solid steel.
tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (ATW)) (05/05/89)
From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (ATW)) >In article <6153@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >The antiship warheads are not shaped charge and ships generally don't have >enough of a hull backing to prevent collateral damage. >Soviet antiship missiles are believed to use shaped charges, actually. >From: maniac%garnet.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George W. Herbert) >Yes, but that's not the primary damage mechanism. ~1000 lbs plus of >Comb. B equivalent is going to bash a ship regardless of shaped charge. just a side note to add to this discussion: Shape charge warheads are becoming popular in warheads for light-weight torpedos. Apparently, this is fueled by the fear that the double-hull or titanium hull Soviet subs may too tough to breach with normal warheads. Of course, I am not suggesting that the Soviets are going to use reactive armor on their subs. Some people were suggesting that, we ought to use small nuke warheads on torpedos (eg SKINT). While easily defeating tough hulls, there are, of course, special considerations when using nukes. Ted Kim ARPAnet: tek@penzance.cs.ucla.edu UCLA Computer Science Department UUCP: ...!ucbvax!cs.ucla.edu!tek 3804C Boelter Hall PHONE: (213) 206-8696 Los Angeles, CA 90024 ESPnet: tek@ouija.board