Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Anti-Balistic Missiles Now Message-ID: <1990Dec13.032618.18210@cbnews.att.com> Date: 13 Dec 90 03:26:18 GMT References: <1990Dec7.011307.474@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Lynx Data Systems, Eagan, MN Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer) In article <1990Dec7.011307.474@cbnews.att.com> jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) writes: > >From: "J. Taggart Gorman" > With the potential threat of Iraq lobbing Scuds with chemical and >biological warheads all over the Middle East, I was wondering what currently >fielded weapons (defenses, take your pick) could shoot down an incoming >warhead. I am talking battlefield systems here. > ... >... how about a Standard on a Ticonderoga? That is the primary mission of the Aegis Cruisers. I have heard that the USSR has similer capabilities although their radar is not as capable. >If not, how does a carrier battle group defend itself from incoming warheads? They also have the Phalanx point-defense guns as well as air-to-air missiles (Phoenix) for long range defense. -- How can you tell if Bush is lying? | David Messer dave@Lynx.MN.Org -or- Watch his lips... | Lynx Data Systems ...!tcnet!viper!dave