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From: em31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric Andrew Morgan)
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Subject: Re: private mail
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Date: 12 Mar 91 22:47:12 GMT
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From: Eric Andrew Morgan <em31+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>From: beucler@ksr.com
>what is ASROC? i've been following mail, but cant determine
>what it means? also, what are official names of general
>ranks? I always thought it was:
>1 brigadier
>2 leutenant
>3 major
>4 full (or just plain general)
>5 G of the armies.
>again patient reading hasn't yielded yet.

ASROC stands for Anti-Submarine Rocket.  It is basically a
missile/rocket designed to kill submarines, that launches from a ship. 
It does this by dropping, I believe, a Mk46 Torpedo into the water.  It
is considered a standoff ASW weapon.  It allows a surface ship to try to
kill a sub at distances that are more safe for the ship.

You had the generals nearly right except you had major general and
lieutenant switched.  Surprisingly, Lt. General comes after Major
General.

 

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Eric Andrew Morgan
Carnegie Mellon University

The opinions expressed here are solely the product of
my twisted mind and not the views of any government or
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