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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: USS Missouri in the Gulf
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Date: 5 Feb 91 03:51:38 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)

The USS Missouri was used for off-shore bombardment of some Iraqi command post
bunkers on Sunday.  In an interesting variant, it launched a drone plane
for artillery spotting and damage assessment.  The drone was later recovered
with a net.