Re: Aircraft Vs Dreadnoughts (Which is what the topic mutated into :o)

At 12:57  17/03/01 +0000, Bif wrote:

 >A question is how much dammage would even a exocet do to the armour of
a
 >iowa BB? The missile in question was leathal to the HMS sheffield in
the
 >falklands, but the sheff was tin foil armour. Just a question.

Actually the missile didn't sink the Sheffield,  the crew fought the 
resulting fire and won. It was the heavy seas a day or so later (?, have
to 
look this up) while the was under tow which sank the Sheffield.

Derek

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