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From: terryr@ogicse.ogi.edu (Terry Rooker)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Aegis Defense System
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Date: 14 Aug 90 03:34:51 GMT
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From: terryr@ogicse.ogi.edu (Terry Rooker)
In article <1990Aug9.020017.8768@cbnews.att.com> jlc@milton.u.washington.edu (Jeffrey Casterline) writes:
>
>Does anyone know whether the Aegis Air Defense protective sphere can
>be projected over an adjacent land mass, e.g. Israel or Saudi oil field? 

The Aegis can track targets over land.  I imagine their performance is
optimized for over-water operation, but I heard some stories about
excellant overland performance.  What difference does it make, when
there are gobs of AWACs already flying around?


-- 
Terry Rooker
terryr@cse.ogi.edu