RE: DSII questions

You answered your own question. ECM is designed to spoof the missile
into
missing. PDS is designed to destroy the missile before it can hit.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net	  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oerjan Ohlson [SMTP:oerjan.ohlson@telia.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 5:19 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: DSII questions
> 
[snip]
> Hm. What's the difference between this and PDS? That is, what is the
> big conceptual difference between having a system with a sensor which
> detects incoming missiles and a grenade launcher firing a smoke
grenade
> into the missile's path or a small laser which blinds the missile's
> optics on one hand, and having a system with a sensor which detects
> incoming missiles and a fragmentation charge which throws shrapnel
into
> the missile's pagh or a small gun which puts a bullet through the
> missile's optics on the other?
[snip]