Re: Point Defense Weapon systems.

 FYI, in the report on the Stark incident, the CIWS system was on
standby at
the time of the attack.

Stuart Ford

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip E. Pournelle <pepourne@nps.navy.mil>
To: FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk <FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, September 29, 1997 10:15 AM
Subject: Point Defense Weapon systems.

>
>>Also there is the Phalanx used on ships. Didn't do much for the Stark
though.
>
> It would have helped if it was on...	However, the early version of
the
>Phalanx had some problems that have been solved since.
>