Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!bingvaxu!sunybcs!rutgers!att!cbnews!eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Sparrow miss rate off Libya (tit for tat) Message-ID: <5797@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 21 Apr 89 03:28:58 GMT References: <5735@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 19 Approved: military@att.att.com From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya) It totally amazes me that sci.military dwells so long on such a minor point. You should discuss means of evasion of Atolls, or other Soviet missiles to understand why Sparrows miss so often. It will being like being a Soviet (or maybe Libyan) pilot wondering about your chances. Longish signature follows "Type 'n' now" Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?" "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {ncar,decwrl,hplabs,uunet}!ames!eugene Live free or die.