Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: randy@ms.uky.edu (Randy Appleton) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Ballistic Missile defense Message-ID: <1990Dec17.050320.28103@cbnews.att.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 05:03:20 GMT References: <1990Dec7.011307.474@cbnews.att.com> <1990Dec8.221641.27118@cbnews.att.com> <1990Dec12.030935.9815@cbnews.att.com> <1990Dec13.032943.18680@cbnews.att.com> <1990Dec15.011719.12728@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences Lines: 34 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Randy Appleton In article <1990Dec15.011719.12728@cbnews.att.com> budden@trout.nosc.mil (Rex A. Buddenberg) writes: > > >From: budden@trout.nosc.mil (Rex A. Buddenberg) > >Scud-B's are not ballistic missiles, though, they are cruise missiles. Actually, it *IS* a balistic missile. I looked it up in both "The Russian Military Machine" and "The Encyclopedia of World Military Weapons". More data points. It has a range of between 50 miles (minimum) and 112 miles (maximum with Nuke warhead) or 174 miles (max with HE warhead). Not 174 miles from the coast, but 174 miles from the launch site. I doubt any U.S. carrier is getting that close. Maybe an anphibious force????? Also, the C.E.P. is 1015 yards at the 112 mile range, and gets worse farther out. That means if a ship wpuld just *sit* there, and execerise itself *not* to drift, the missile would still probably miss. Finally, the warhead (HE variety) is only a 1000kg bomb. And although it will be comming down with more velocity than most impacts, it's still not a sure kill on any large ship. -Randy -- ============================================================================= My feelings on George Bush's promises: "You have just exceeded the gulibility threshold!" ============================================Randy@ms.uky.edu==================