Re: Counter Battery
From: Popeyesays@a...
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:17:06 EDT
Subject: Re: Counter Battery
In a message dated 8/24/99 2:06:26 PM Central Daylight Time,
monty@arcadia.turner.com writes:
<<
True, however its not hard to see the rounds in flight once propellant
gasses and crap have worn away at the radar absorbent material on the
ogive and driving bands of the projectile.
>>
The only solution to the problem of counter-battery fire would be to use
rocket projectiles that deliberately maneuver in their launch phase, a
solution which requires guidance thrusters and programming for the
rocket
which removes it almost entirely from the definition of artillery which
is
ballistic in nature.