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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: popup maneuvers
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Date: 3 May 89 03:12:58 GMT
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From: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy)

In article <6157@cbnews.ATT.COM> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>I'm slightly surprised that nobody has yet built a heavy antiship missile
>that simply carries a heavy torpedo and drops it 1-2 km out.  This avoids
>*all* the close-in defences, and explodes the warhead in a more effective
>place too.  There are one or two antisub missiles that drop an aircraft
>torpedo, but nothing designed for antiship use.

I believe that the Soviet SS-N-14, which is a medium-range missile
carrying a standard 533mm torpedo (the 'stock' Soviet torpedo size),
can be set for either surface or subsurface targeting.


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