Pat Flannery wrote:

Derek Lyons wrote:

They do tend to fly a steeper trajectory than is usual as well.
Partly to encourage seperation between birds (which are being salvoed
at short intervals) and partly as a safety measure to the get the bird
away from the boat as soon as possible.

I would have loved to have been there when the crew of sub saw film of
this for the first time:
http://hometown.aol.com/sdrcgeru/ima..._cartwheel.jpg :-)

Knew a guy who was there - they had just enough time (after launch) to
start to congratulate themselves when *boom*. The self destruct shook
the boat.

D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL