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From: frost%watop.nosc.mil@nosc.mil (Richard Frost)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Naval use of A-10's
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Date: 26 Mar 91 03:15:29 GMT
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From: frost%watop.nosc.mil@nosc.mil (Richard Frost)

scott@graft.Berkeley.EDU (Scott Silvey) writes:
>  Also the A-10 has a MUCH bigger radar cross-section than an anti-ship 
>  missile ...

... and even larger infrared signature.  The real threat is a sea-skimming,
air-breathing cruise missile like the Exocet.  Under ideal conditions
(for the ship), such a weapon will impact within 20 seconds from its
maximum theoretical detection range.  Bright (10KWatt+/SRad) threats like
        ^^^^^^^^^^^
warplanes and solid rockets are easy to deal with by comparison.
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