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From: gt0818a%prism@gatech.edu (Paul Robichaux)
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Subject: Re: popup maneuvers
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Date: 6 May 89 03:37:30 GMT
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From: gt0818a%prism@gatech.edu (Paul Robichaux)
The FY90 Navy budget indeed included funding for R&D on a point-kill anti-
torpedo weapon. My understanding is that so far, it's just a verrrry fast,
short-range torpedo that will use shipboard passive and its own active systems
to find and kill inbound torps. In a related line item, the Navy's also funding
a better towed decoy system to counter the newer Russian torps which home on
a ship's wake and hit it from astern.

-Paul


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