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Posted: 3/15/2006 8:48:38 AM EDT
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That's a comforting capability. Hopefully it performs better than the first Patriot missiles.
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Posted: 3/15/2006 8:52:25 AM EDT
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the guy i know there, says they were put in, not 1 round has landed in or near the base..
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Posted: 3/15/2006 8:52:43 AM EDT
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tag
Gatling guns are awesome! |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 8:54:58 AM EDT
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Awesome
Who sweeps up the mess? 
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Posted: 3/15/2006 9:06:50 AM EDT
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What am I looking at in those videos?
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Posted: 3/15/2006 9:08:51 AM EDT
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+1 I see lights... at night... - BG |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 9:08:55 AM EDT
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Sir, our Navy has used the Phalanx, called a "close in weapons system (CIWS)" on many of our ships since the late seventies. It's an outdated system, we've been in the process of replacing CIWS with a newer missle system. The problems with the CIWS for air defense of a ship have a lot to do with the speed of the incoming target. At supersonic speeds while the CIWS may hit the target, pieces of it have a way of keeping moving toward you. Secondly, the drums run out of ammo pretty fast making them useless against multiple targets. You may get the first few, but after that you need to reload. Reloading takes awhile. JMHO, 7zero1.
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Posted: 3/15/2006 9:48:33 AM EDT
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This was done at night, and I didn't see anything.
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Posted: 3/15/2006 9:52:09 AM EDT
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Yep, can't see anything in the videos.
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Posted: 3/15/2006 9:58:24 AM EDT
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turn your gamma up.. i see huge vollys of traicers...
and mid air impacts of the 20mm VS incoming shells.. |
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Posted: 3/15/2006 10:09:27 AM EDT
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The difference, in this case, is that instead of supersonic missiles, the inbound targets are shells on ballistic trajectories. You're going to have a lot higher PK on a slow, non-evading target as opposed to a Sunburn. Hopefully, the Navy will sell all of those old Phalanxes to the army for counter-battery use like this. |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 5:31:54 AM EDT
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 pic of it from the base |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 6:04:41 AM EDT
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It's a proven system. It uses the Navy's Mk15 Phalanx. However, it uses different ammo to avoid collateral damage. |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 6:06:41 AM EDT
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Sweet beyond measure. |
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Posted: 3/21/2006 6:13:15 AM EDT
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Sweet!
Heartening to see the system employed that way. Many years ago, I used to teach that system to swabbies. We had movies of the developmental system shooting down some very small targets. Put that and a good arty locating system and tie it all into your own arty FDCs and batteries and lets ROCK! Hadjis won't have the time to escape. 
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