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From: jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon C. R. Bennett)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Torpedoing Battleships
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Date: 1 Jun 91 21:37:49 GMT
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From: "Jon C. R. Bennett" <jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu>


div3@midway.uchicago.edu (Dwight Divine IV) writes:
> This has been in the back of my mind for some time--along with the similar
> question of why submarines don't mount anti-aircraft weapons to be used 
> against sub-hunting aircraft.  I know that a submarine is built never to be
> found in the first place, but it seems silly not to try to provide defenses
> just in case.

Some British subs (dont rember which class) mount a Blowpipe anti-aircraft
missile launcher in the sail for just such a reason. The launcher (which
is about man sized) has 4 missiles and retracts into the sail when the sub
is submerged. 

jon