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From: klewis@mwunix.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SSNs in the Gulf
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.052317.29088@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 05:23:17 GMT
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From: klewis@mwunix.mitre.org (Keith Lewis)
In article <1991Feb15.065310.8885@cbnews.att.com> wwy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>I would assure you that submarine-launched Tomahawks have been fully tested
>already, and the fact that we are at war doesn't provide an 'excuse' for a
>test.
>These weapons are tested at AUTEC testing range in the Carribbean, along with
>harpoons, torpedoes and silencing equipment.

There is no substitute for battle testing.  It provides an opportunity to
try a weapon out against somebody who *desparately* wants it to fail.  The
closest thing you could get to this (ethically) in peacetime would be to 
have a competing contractor "defending" at the testing range.

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