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Military Ships (was Your Typical Beneteau!)
JR wrote:
"cavelamb" wrote in message m... mmc wrote: "cavelamb" wrote in message m... Andy Champ wrote: it's me wrote: "Dennis Pogson" wrote: We could then bring back the Fairey Swordfish and the Japanese Zero, just to see if they can still sink these monstrosities. Dennis, you do know the RN historic flight has two flying Swordfish don't you? (and there are others) Sure.... they might be slow enough that an F-18 couldn't touch 'em..... I wouldn't like to be in the Swordfish. Drop to maybe 300kts and use the Gatling. No problem. I'll be surprised if there aren't any ship-mounted cannon that would work nicely. OTOH the AMRAAMs can be configured to home on engine noise so they probably couldn't get within sight much less close enough to strike.... Really? Those things do Mach 4 don't they - following sound is a neat trick when you're inside a shock wave system. But the Swordfish is metal framed, and should show up nicely on radar. hey let's bring back the Sopwith Camel too! Now as a wood-and-fabric aircraft that might be hard to track on Radar... snip Andy There is usually enough metal in a wood and fabric airplane to show up on radar. But the low speed may be below the radar speed gate. In which case... Phalanx...... I would suspect the same problem here. Phalanx is designed to deal with high speed threats. Phalanx is also designed to aquire and target slow moving and hovering aircraft as well as surface ships. Regards, JR In that case, where can I get one? |
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