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From: moudgill@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Mayan Moudgill)
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Subject: Lots of answers and some questions
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Date: 23 Jan 91 04:04:15 GMT
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From: moudgill@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Mayan Moudgill)
Here's a bunch of answers to some questions re: iraq
Railways:
	The iraqi railways have been buying rolling stock from
	india. I _dont_ know how useful this info is, but $0.02

Napalm:
	White phosphorus + aluminum powder + liquid soap + oil
	(+ oxidizer, if you want to be real nasty)

OV-10 Bronco:
	Observation aircraft, used for arty spotting etc. 
	If I remember right-- it's been 3 yrs since I last looked
	at the specs-- it's two people sitting side by side in
	a huge transparent dome, twin prop plane.

Some questions:
AMM:
	What other (than patriot) amms are there. Of course there's
	the Nike-X (X= Hercules, Ajax) ABLM and the russian equivalent.
	I believe the (british) sea wolf has some AMM capability.
	Also, I seem to remember that the Israelis were working
	on a vertically launched very high maneouverability missile
	with AMM capabilities. Can anyone confirm/deny?

Runway Penetration Bombs:
	Does the American arsenal have any? I think that there was
	a time when the only NATO anti-runway bomb was the Durandals
	(I _think_) which the tornadoes could carry. I'm kinda wondering,
	since the news reports seem to indicate that the tornadoes
	were operating against runways.

Sparrow vs Sidewinder:
	Again a vauge recollection of somebody saying that sparrows,
	for all their range, were no-good for attack fighters, and
	that pheonixs were worse. I'm not sure, but I think the
	agility of the sparrow is low. Can anyone confirm?

ZSU 3-23 (or is it 4-23?):
	Any idea how many Iraq has? (Jane's AFV anyone?) And how
	serious a threat they'd be when the ground attack started?

[mod.note:  My old Jane's shows Iraq as possessing both ZSU-23-4's
and ZSU-57-2's.  Quantity is not stated.  - Bill ]

Copperhead:
	I read somewhere a report that the Army was using copperhead
	rounds. I thought that they were as big a joke as the Sgt. York.
	Any comments, anyone?

:)
mayan