Re: "Harpoon in Space"

Roger Gerrish wrote:
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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
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> > Oh, and disallow "C-batts as PDAFs" while you're at it.
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> >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

Yah they do!  It's called the U.S. WW2 BATTLESHIP! :-) (It's the only
 class of ship left that can absorb a hit by an Exocet without
 scratching the paint!) 8-)

DOnald Hosford