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In message , Scott Ferrin
writes On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:50:38 +0100, "Paul J. Adam" wrote: Yeah, but I know which I want to be on when the shooting starts. Also you have to remember this is before they got Phalanx and Harpoon. 1 5" gun, an ASROC box, a twin arm launcher and two dinky sets of torpedo tubes don't seem too impressive when you compare them to two twin SA-N-3s, two twin SA-N-4s, eight LARGE ASW missiles, ten 21" torpedo tubes, four CIWS, ASW rockets, and a helicopter. That's what they fitted. How much of it actually works, how well is it tied together, and how quickly can they go from a detection to a response? Gordon could probably shed some light on the subject. (I know he didn't seem to have a very high opinion of "Trashkent" (Kara class) ) The blue suits who've got close to Soviet ships were _not_ much impressed. -- When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. W S Churchill Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:01:39 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote: In message , Scott Ferrin writes On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 22:50:38 +0100, "Paul J. Adam" wrote: Yeah, but I know which I want to be on when the shooting starts. Also you have to remember this is before they got Phalanx and Harpoon. 1 5" gun, an ASROC box, a twin arm launcher and two dinky sets of torpedo tubes don't seem too impressive when you compare them to two twin SA-N-3s, two twin SA-N-4s, eight LARGE ASW missiles, ten 21" torpedo tubes, four CIWS, ASW rockets, and a helicopter. That's what they fitted. How much of it actually works, how well is it tied together, and how quickly can they go from a detection to a response? Gordon could probably shed some light on the subject. (I know he didn't seem to have a very high opinion of "Trashkent" (Kara class) ) The blue suits who've got close to Soviet ships were _not_ much impressed. Well they sure *looked* good :-) |
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