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From: tkogoma%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk)
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Subject: Re: Computerized Counter Battery Artillery
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Date: 8 Feb 91 01:29:29 GMT
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From: tkogoma%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk)

In article <1991Feb7.012842.329@cbnews.att.com> scott@graft.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey) writes:
>Why is it every time the Iraqi's light up their arty, we hear how the Harriers
>  went in and shut them up with a few cluster bombs?

Actually, I think that the reason is that the Irqai artty outranges
ours by about 10 km.  Kinda hard to kill something you can't reach...

(The range figure I pulled from various media sources.  So blame them
for any inaccuracy.)


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