From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 17:04:00 MST
In a message dated 3/23/2003 5:45:13 PM Central Standard Time,
spike66@attbi.com writes: The part of the invention that the Americans took
from the Nazis was the use of a steam blast to clear the tube ahead of the
missile. In the current system, steam is also used to propel the missile out
of the tube, where it breaches the surface before the solid motor fires.
Spike,
I keep picking up passing references to our having naval guns under
development with ranges of 100 to roughly 400 miles. My understanding is
that the weapons are somewhere between speculation and development. I was
surprised they were being mentioned in the the 4 to 6 inch diameter range.
Do you know anything about this?
Ron h.
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