Naval Engagements now was [DS] Why tank destroyers?

At 10:39 AM +0900 9/6/01, Edward Lipsett wrote:
>Have to check that out... thanks.
>In addition to who got the first missile in, though, the DD is spending
>a rather expensive missile to knock out one fishing boat equipped with
a
>few missiles and a few crew members. The dozen fishing boats only have
>to make one fairly small hole in the DD to take abig chunk out of South
>Korea's defensive capabilities.

If its a matter of destroying a FAC with 4 ASM's that will destroy 
your DD (it takes about 1.5 Exocets to mission kill the average 
combatant now) then use of two missiles to be assured of a kill of 
that vessel is not a waste of time or money. Disabling the red force 
launch platform before it disables yours is the important part of the 
missiles on missiles theatre.

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