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US Army AH-64 Apaches in anti-seaborne infiltration mission
US Army AH-64 Apaches based in South Korea have an unusual mission -
dealing with North Korean seaborne infiltration forces. The Apaches practiced anti-ship tactics with Navy P-3s and destroyers in Exercise Foal Eagle this year. Their potential targets would be Gongbang class hovercraft, Nampo class assault boats or semi-submersible infiltration craft. http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?...3&archive=true South Koreans are toying with the idea of using new night-capable KO-1 air-controller in finding NK infiltration craft. KO-1 might be used as AN-2 interceptor too. http://www.koreaaero.com/english/cyb...p?part=sub12_3 P.S. Note that even the Stars and Stripes cannot get it right - it says "Air Force P-3 Orion planes". |
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On 29 Jul 2003 10:23:14 GMT, Juergen Nieveler
wrote: (KDR) wrote: semi-submersible infiltration craft. What is a "semi-submersible"? A boat that goes down but doesn't come back up again? IMHO, either a boat is submersed, meaning that it's completely below the surface, or it's on the surface :-) Not so - if you have a boat specifically designed to let water into flotation bladders so that it's not completely above nor completely below the water, you have a semi-submersible. Of course such a capability means that it could also be floating fully on the surface or at some other times be fully submerged. Covert ops people might find a use for such a vehicle. I didn't see the begining of this thread. Is it about the use of AH-64s versus covert seaborne infiltrators? Little Birds were doing that nearly 20 years ago. John Hairell ) |
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A detailed report on the concept of AH-64 operation against seaborne
infiltration is here. http://www-cgsc.army.mil/milrev/Engl...98/tilelli.htm www.korea.army.mil/pao/news/AntiSOF.html http://www.fas.org/man/eprint/anti-sof.htm John Hairell wrote in message . .. On 29 Jul 2003 10:23:14 GMT, Juergen Nieveler wrote: (KDR) wrote: semi-submersible infiltration craft. What is a "semi-submersible"? A boat that goes down but doesn't come back up again? IMHO, either a boat is submersed, meaning that it's completely below the surface, or it's on the surface :-) Not so - if you have a boat specifically designed to let water into flotation bladders so that it's not completely above nor completely below the water, you have a semi-submersible. Of course such a capability means that it could also be floating fully on the surface or at some other times be fully submerged. Covert ops people might find a use for such a vehicle. I didn't see the begining of this thread. Is it about the use of AH-64s versus covert seaborne infiltrators? Little Birds were doing that nearly 20 years ago. John Hairell ) |
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