"Harpoon in Space"
From: Roger Gerrish <gerrisr@u...>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:07:18 -0500
Subject: "Harpoon in Space"
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---------------------- Forwarded by Roger Gerrish/UK/IBM on 27-03-97
02:56 PM
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GFDVM2.GERRISR @ D06AU003
27-03-97 02:52 PM
> 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.
Roger