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From: robinro@bomber.ism.isc.com (Robin Roberts)
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Subject: Re: point and area defense
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From: robinro@bomber.ism.isc.com (Robin Roberts)

I have heard stories from ex-sailors who had seen Phalanx in operation that
if left on in automatic mode it would shred seagulls which flew into its
radar line of sight.  Now they could have been telling me sea stories ...

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