Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: james@castle.ed.ac.uk (J Gillespie) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Sonic booms as a weapon? Message-ID: <1991Feb8.020512.20444@cbnews.att.com> Date: 8 Feb 91 02:05:12 GMT References: <1991Feb6.032858.22494@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb7.014919.2999@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Edinburgh University Computer Services Lines: 26 Approved: military@att.att.com From: J Gillespie daly@strawber.princeton.edu (John Daly) writes: >I think the problem is that we really don't have craft designed to fly at the >altitudes and speeds required for that type of mission. Even if we did, we >could probably find something better for them to do, since you would have to >fly directly over the target to have full effect. But, talk about at terror >weapon! The much-mentioned Tornado Gr1 is cleared for 800 knots at sea level; could some of these zoom over the Republican Guard trenches on their way to/from missions elsewhere, or would this take them too far off course/use too much fuel/other good reasons why not to do it? I think they probably don't want to fly them that close to the ground unless absolutely neccessary, as evidenced by the recent change in Tornado tactics. Just another opinion from: -- James Gillespie, /~~~~~~~~\ "Looks fast!" Edinurgh University. / @ @ \ "Yeah. That's the stripes, man." james@ed.ac.uk / < \ -- Fandango ____________________/ \________/ \__________________________________________