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From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: USS Iowa explosion
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Date: 25 Apr 89 03:21:04 GMT
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From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)

In article <5838@cbnews.ATT.COM> gahooten@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Greg A. Hooten) writes:
 >
 >The 16" cannons are generally radar controlled.  The first
 >round is a spotting round.  The radar fire control "watches"
 >the flight path of the 16" round, and predicts (from what I
 >have heard) very accurately the fall of shot for the round
 >well before it arrives.  Subsequent corretions are made, and
 >the barrage is fired often before the first shot lands.

This is fine accept that the WWII vintage powder was found to not
burn consistently.  I'm sure that the radar told them just how far
each round was going to miss by, but it doesn't help much once the
rounds are out of the tube.


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