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From: ssc-vax!wanttaja@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Ronald J Wanttaja)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: CIWS
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Date: 26 Jan 89 14:51:43 GMT
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From: ssc-vax!wanttaja@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Ronald J Wanttaja)

>  Second The average burst lenght is only 300 to 400 rounds giving each mount
>  a best case capbility to counter up to 10 missiles. Since CIWS is CLOSE in
>  weapons system it will not have time to empty it's ammo drum before impact
>  if it is unable to destroy incoming missiles...

Just as a point of reference on CIWS, _FLYING_ magazine had an article by
one of the civilian pilots who tows targets for the Navy.  His experience
is that the radio message "cleared to fire" was always immediately followed
by the jerk of the target being shredded.  CIWS, at least, appears to
work...
                                     
				     Ron Wanttaja
				     (ssc-vax!wanttaja)