On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:05:17 +1000, rb wrote:


The delivery profile required to launch an anti shipping torpedo
successfully just wasnt feasible when the other side was throwing large
quantities of proximity fuzed shells at you in everything from 40mm
upwards.


Surely the delivery profile of a dumb bomb (antiship) couldn't be that
much fun either (but it was done)?

Skyhawks, Buccaneers etc would be delivering those bombs at lower altitude
and 3-4 times the speed of a torpedo launch profile.


greg




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