Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnews!military From: jharper%euroies.ucd.ie%CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Jerry Harper) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: maximum number of a/c against missile ships Message-ID: <6568@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 15 May 89 14:36:40 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 22 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Jerry Harper I found the short piece about Sgt. York very interesting and it called to mind a question which someone may care to answer concerning the maximum number of attack aircraft "manageable" in a battle situation by a missile carrier, e.g. Vincennes class. Also, is more than one missile launched for each incoming aircraft. Furthermore, since a successful hit by a missile is unlikely to cause the complete disintegration of an aircraft (the radar doesn't know if a plane is crippled or not) isn't there the possibility that rundant salvos will be directed at aircraft which are crippled and toppling into the ocean or wherever? BTW: Liddel is pronounced "Ly-dell" where I hail from - and we speak English over here :-) Jerry Harper jharper@euroies.uucp AI Research Centre tel: 353-1-693244 x 2484 Computer Science Department University College Dublin Dublin 4 IRELAND