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From: adpplz!pdxgate!martin%nosun.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET (Martin Golding)
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Subject: Re: Tomahawk launch
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Date: 27 Jan 91 10:21:22 GMT
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From: Martin Golding <adpplz!pdxgate!martin%nosun.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET>

In <1991Jan23.034017.1996@cbnews.att.com> ames!ames!claris!portal!cup.portal.com!Allyn@uunet.UU.NET writes:

|I've been watching footage of Tomahawks being launched from the
|Wisconsin.  I notice that initially when the missile leaves the
|launcher it sort of does a "tail slide" towards the vertical.

|Anyone know the reason for this behavior?


Look close: no wings!