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To: LindyBill who wrote (173659)	7/15/2006 6:27:44 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 793790

>>Puts out a hose of steel.<< It's actually a hose of depleted-uranium (DU), but the Navy is gradually shifting over to tungsten. The Greenies don't like DU.

To: LindyBill who wrote (173659)	7/15/2006 6:41:53 AM
From: RinConRon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793790

This it? fas.org

To: LindyBill who wrote (173659)	7/15/2006 6:44:48 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793790

i assume the Israel navy doesn't have this defense on its ships or it didn't have its defense turned on. I assume this is an automatic defense fire system that reacts once the system is activated to be on alert for incoming missiles.

To: LindyBill who wrote (173659)	7/15/2006 1:40:29 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793790

Iran has the Sunburn anti-ship missiles. fas.org iran-press-service.com They are extremely fast and travel only 20 meters above the surface. I'm not so sure our high tech armaments can defeat them, especially if they are fired from close range. Phalanx may very well be ineffective against a Sunburn. If our ships in the Persian Gulf cannot be protected from Sunburns, it's time to get them and especially any carriers out and place them some place where they won't be bottled up, as they will be if the Straits of Hormuz are closed, even for a short time. Since many Fifth Fleet ships are within the Gulf, the 129 kilometer range of Sunburn is not a big problem. strategypage.com