the tests. :-)
Addison
From: "Greg Fiorentino" <greg.fiorent...@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Missile Defense
Date: July 9, 2017 at 15:40:02 PDT
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One of my boys is looking at a berth on one of the new
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I think the ship based system is called the "Sea Whiz".
>
Yep!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS
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There are shipboard high speed 20mm Gatlin guns used to protect the ship
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, July 09, 2017 4:14 PM
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I believe the ones being tested when we were doing it used depleted uranium
bullets, or something like that. We weren’t involved with the guns themselves,
just making sure there was enough juice when
med to like it when we made
> passes over them at about mast height. :-)
> Regards,
> Addison
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> From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Missile Defense
> Date: July 9, 2017 at 10:37:11 PDT
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> There are shipboard high speed 20mm
I believe the ones being tested when we were doing it used depleted uranium
bullets, or something like that. We weren’t involved with the guns themselves,
just making sure there was enough juice when they wanted to shoot one off. I
know the later models contained all the spent casings. These
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There are shipboard high speed 20mm Gatlin guns used to protect the ship
against cruise missiles and other sorts of high veloci
From: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Missile Defense
Date: July 9, 2017 at 10:37:11 PDT
There are shipboard high speed 20mm Gatlin guns used to protect the ship
against cruise missiles and other sorts of high velocity threats.
We worked on initial qualification sea
Yeah close-in defense. I think they are like 3000rounds/min or maybe
6000, whichever it is incredible. Lotta lead (or uranium) being spit
out there.
A buddy of mine had a sporting goods store and had various firearms
licenses. One day he gets a call from someone wanting to buy 2 of these
There are shipboard high speed 20mm Gatlin guns used to protect the ship
against cruise missiles and other sorts of high velocity threats.
We worked on initial qualification sea trials on the beginnings of the Phalanx
with Raytheon. In this case they were on a pallet with their own power
brirriantrea...@norkmail.net.nork
or the one he uses for his friends. norkdorkhairst...@norkmail.net.nork
The ones I remember (or the concept) used charges to launch the radial
wires of the web which pulled along the circumferential parts of it and
expanded it very rapidly. Being there is no
Lost his email addy, can you send it again? ;)
Under Reagan / SDI, I remember one of the point defense ideas was the
electric gattling guns that would just through up a cloud of lead for the
warhead to hit and disintegrate, I know that is used currently by US Army
for mortar and short range
Did you forward that to the Brirriant Reader?
That is seriously cool, this is a really really hard thing to do, esp a
direct hit on the target. I'm wondering if it used any sort of other
mechanism, there was talk back when of spreading sand or some such as
flak, or spreading out a big mesh
Just found this video of the latest missile defense test, cool stuff!
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/529942/enhanced-ftg-15-flight-test-video
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Max
Charleston SC
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