Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Anti-Balistic Missiles Now Message-ID: <1990Dec17.050931.29039@cbnews.att.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 05:09:31 GMT References: <1990Dec13.032837.18539@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 21 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Allan Bourdius >also, is the USN replacing SeaSparrow with CIWS (Phalanx)? In some cases, like the Knox class FF, Vulcan-Phalanx replaced Sea Sparrow. In others, Spruance DD's, LPH's, LHA's, LCC's, and some auxilliarys, Vulcan-Phalanx was just added. I've heard talk about buying the VLS version of the UK's Sea Wolf to replace Sea Sparrow as a point defense missile--it would take up less space and cost less than the RAM. Allan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIDN 3/C (PLC-JR) Allan Bourdius, Carnegie Mellon University NROTC "Come on you sons o'bitches, do you want to live forever?" ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu The opinons expressed in this letter/posting do not, nor are they intended to, reflect the official policies/positions of DOD, DON, USMC, USN, NROTC, or CMU. Any information in this posting was obtained using unclassified material and/or personal intuition, analysis, or extrapolation.