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From: freeman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jay Freeman)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Missile pods on Soviet warships
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Date: 22 Jun 91 04:11:45 GMT
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From: freeman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jay Freeman)
The idea is to get those missiles off before the other guy does.  Since most
Soviet missiles are longer ranged than their NATO counterparts, this is
certainly a feasible strategy.  The problem that remains is the same problem
we have with our long range ASCM's, and that is targeting.
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