Re: Advanced Guided Missile systems

On  3 Jul 98 at 22:48, John Atkinson wrote:

> 
> I knew it was one of those sounds-good-on-paper-but-kinda-flakey-in-
> practice ideas getting tossed around during the 60s and 70s, along
> with kneeling suspensions and through-the-gun ATGMs.	:)
> 
> John Atkinson

Eww, the sheridan? They were given to the national guard almost as 
soon as they were produced weren't they?

Then again, we totally refitted two nuclear submarines at the cost of 
god knows how many scores of millions, and as soon as they were 
finished, scrapped them.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic. 
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