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From: gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Sinking Carriers in Harpoon
Message-ID: <1991May10.185819.23300@clark.edu>
Date: 10 May 91 18:36:30 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from sr26+@andrew.cmu.edu

|The problem with Phoenix missiles is not the altitude change causing
|the missile to lose lock. The Phoenix is a "look down shoot down"
|missile that can handle targets changing altitude and targets lost in
|ground clutter.  The problem is when the plane drops to VLOW altitude,
|it goes below the radar horizon of the missile... i.e. there is WATER
|on the direct line path from the missile to the target and the missile
|CANNOT SEE THE PLANE to shoot it down.
 
That would only be true if you had alot of range on the missile.
 
Gary
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