Re: "Harpoon in Space"

In message <5060100000160492000002L022*@MHS> Roger Gerrish writes:
> > Oh, and disallow "C-batts as PDAFs" while you're at it.
> 
> >Come now, didn't a Royal Navy vessel get a kill on an Exocet missile
> >with her 114mm gun? All naval guns are dual-purpose.
> 
> I think you will find this was post-war myth to disguse the fact that
our Navy
> had no real defence against the Exocet,
> they either hit or missed.

I don't think this is true, although it may have been wishful
thinking by the Navy. I believe at least one Exocet was decoyed
away from warships. Either way, the point stands. All Naval guns
are dual-purpose anti-aircraft and anti-surface.

Note that an American warship, that was equipped with a phalanx
CIWS, was hit by an Exocet missile in the Persian Gulf. This
suggests that there isn't a fat lot you can do about shooting
them down, even with a specialised system... perhap FT's 1-in-6 
has that part correct.

-- 
David Brewer