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From: arrvid@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Arrvid Carlson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Anti-Balistic Missiles Now
Keywords: Rail/coil gun?
Message-ID: <1990Dec15.011829.12906@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 15 Dec 90 01:18:29 GMT
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From: arrvid@hobbes.ncsu.edu (Arrvid Carlson)
In article <1990Dec13.032732.18386@cbnews.att.com> xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) writes:
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>I believe that the previous posters meant ballistic type missiles.  Hard to
>intercept when the things are comming straight down.  

Wouldn't the rail/coil gun do this job quite nicely?

<stuff deleted about lines of defense>

>^    Third, and last, line of defense is the CIWS (Close-In-Weapon-Systems)
>^       installed on aircraft carriers (and also other capital ships).
>^       CIWSs utilize Gatling machine guns to shoot down oncoming missiles.

Yes, but don't these only work against missles that come in "on the deck"?
Sort of leaves you exposed to "death from above" don't it?
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