How exactly will Taiwan torpedo the dam?

"Tank Fixer" wrote in message
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In article ,
on Sat, 19 Jun 2004 08:42:35 -0700,
Henry J Cobb attempted to say .....

What was the weapon that the Pentagon authors think that Taiwan either
has now
or could develop that would breach the Three Gorges Dam?

http://militarynewswatch.blogspot.co...rpedo-dam.html


Instant Sunshine

Yep.

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"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
...
What was the weapon that the Pentagon authors think that Taiwan
either has now
or could develop that would breach the Three Gorges Dam?

http://militarynewswatch.blogspot.co...rpedo-dam.html

-HJC

I would pack a B747 or other wide bodied jet with a massive shaped
charge in the nose and then use precision guidance technology to
deliver it.

Alternatively a 40 ton double Grand Slam sized bomb with perhaps small
wings and a certainly a booster to extend speed and range slung from
beneath a wide bodied jet could do it.

A 20 ton hard casing bomb with an addition 20 ton propellant section
should achieve 0.66 exhaust velocity: about Mach 4. With proper
guidance it could be placed within a few meters, perhaps penetrating
the water behind the dam wall just as the WW2 bouncing bomb did.

Because of the hard casing only a direct hit with a penetrate 'hit to
could kill' SAM would stop this device because the weapon would in
effect be armored. Careful designee of the control surfaces, perhaps
the used of jet deflection with solid external fins would minimize
even the danger to control surfaces of a near miss.

The use of saturation attacks and decoys and perhaps a design with a
lithe extra speed should take care of the defenses.

I'm not saying this is a sensible approach but surely such a weapon
could be built?

The British needed special design spinning finless 7000 lb bombs to break
through the Ruhr Dam during WW II. Half the bombers on the mission were
lost, most before they got to the dam.

WDA

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"Henry J Cobb" wrote in message
...
What was the weapon that the Pentagon authors think that Taiwan either has
now
or could develop that would breach the Three Gorges Dam?

http://militarynewswatch.blogspot.co...rpedo-dam.html

-HJC

In article ,
"W. D. Allen Sr." wrote:

The British needed special design spinning finless 7000 lb bombs to break
through the Ruhr Dam during WW II. Half the bombers on the mission were
lost, most before they got to the dam.

....because they had to contend with AA guns at the dams, torpedo nets,
low-level flying at night, and some tough maneuvers over a couple of the
reservoirs.

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Slam on brakes accordingly.

In message , W. D. Allen Sr.
writes
The British needed special design spinning finless 7000 lb bombs to break
through the Ruhr Dam during WW II. Half the bombers on the mission were
lost, most before they got to the dam.

The Ruhr Dam? Where this? And when was the raid.

Mike
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M.J.Powell

M. J. Powell wrote:
In message , W. D. Allen Sr.
writes
The British needed special design spinning finless 7000 lb bombs to break
through the Ruhr Dam during WW II. Half the bombers on the mission were
lost, most before they got to the dam.

The Ruhr Dam? Where this? And when was the raid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise

-HJC

In message , Henry J Cobb
writes
M. J. Powell wrote:
In message , W. D. Allen Sr.
writes
The British needed special design spinning finless 7000 lb bombs to break
through the Ruhr Dam during WW II. Half the bombers on the mission were
lost, most before they got to the dam.
The Ruhr Dam? Where this? And when was the raid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise

Oh. The singular fooled me.

Mike
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M.J.Powell

through the Ruhr Dam during WW II. Half the bombers on the mission were
lost, most before they got to the dam.

The Taiwanese await the rise of their own Barnes Wallace, should they be so
lucky as to ever have one.

v/r
Gordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

An LZ is a place you want to land, not stay.

Think 100 tons of C4 would do it? I know how to get it there. As for
LZs, I made a bunch of them but never wanted to land there.
Walt BJ