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From: sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: A NASTY attack sub idea
Summary: Short's "Blowpipe"
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Date: 3 Jun 89 04:53:11 GMT
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From: sw@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (Stuart Warmink)

Re: Subs fighting back against aircraft and helicopters using Harpoon etc.

Missiles such as Harpoon have hardly got the right guidance system to lock onto
a small, fast moving target such as an aircraft. I do seem to remember that
Short's were trying to sell a submarine version of their hand-launched
"Blowpipe" anti-aircraft missile some years ago. The idea was to vertically 
cluster several such launchers in a pressure-tight container positioned
in the top of the "sail", so that the sub would only have to expose the
top of the sail to fire the missile.

I haven't read anything about that idea since then; perhaps the consensus
was that it was safer to stay below the surface rather than try and fight back.
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