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From: howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: air defense wires
Summary: cruise missile defense?
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Date: 12 Apr 89 03:37:32 GMT
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From: howard@cos.com (Howard C. Berkowitz)

In article <5480@cbnews.ATT.COM>, mcgrath@nprdc.navy.mil (James McGrath) writes:
> It seems logical that one might
> deliberately string wires across passes, saddles, or even between tall
> trees as a means of defense or interdiction against NOE air operations.
> Does anybody know whether such measures would be effective and whether
> they have ever been used?


I vaguely remember an Aviation Leak article dealing with a
possible Soviet defense against cruise missiles targeted
against ICBM silos.


Apparently, the strategic-range cruise missile of the time
did not have the energy to do a terminal pop-up maneuver
and dive, from height, into the target.  There were reports
of fencing or wires being set up at an approximate 
cruise missile altitude.


This defense could be circumvented by a missile that rose
several hundred to a thousand feet before entering the
final target area.
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