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Thursday, April 6. 2006

Naval Warfare Update

The USS New York.
The 6th USS New York is being built (LPD-21,
an amphibious assault ship) with steel from the Trade Center. (LPD is "landing platform dock).

Image is the USS San Antonio (LPD-17)

Now for the bad news: Super-Cavitation Torpedoes. 250 mph and 27-feet long, these Russian-designed nasties could change naval warfare. And Iran has some. Info at American Spectator.

Update: (Thanks, reader) This torpedo's bark may be worse than its bite. Strategy Pages.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 05:05 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Check out these short articles from Strateypage at http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20060406.aspx and http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20060404.aspx
Money quote: "When new weapons come on line in another country, many people tend to seize on one characteristic of the system that stands out, whether or not it is relevant to the system's mission. This leads to misleading reports about what the new weapon can really do. The fact is, hype about weapons can often exceed their actual performance."
#1 Stephen Scheiwe on 2006-04-06 08:05 (Reply)
thanks
#2 bird dog on 2006-04-06 09:09 (Reply)

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