Russian Fighter Book

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

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 :-)