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- From: wwo@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Thomas Schoene)
- Subject: Re: FYI - According to WINGS ;-)...
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:47:39 GMT
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- From wwo@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Thomas Schoene)
-
- In article <C143J3.2v6@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>,
- hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock) writes:
- >
- > From hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock)
- >
- > Just a bunch of bits collected from the several WINGS programs on the
- > Discovery channel this weekend which seem to answer some recent posts:
- Note on all of following: Wings is not exactly an authoritative source.
- >
- >
- > MISSILES:
- >
- > Iraq fired over 100 EXOCETS during Desert Storm with no hits.
- This seems pretty unlikely. The only publicly discussed Iraqi anti-ship
- missile firings were 2 Silkwors intercepted by RN Sea Dart. The 100+ may refer
- to the "other Gulf War" with Iran. Large numbers of ASMs were used during the
- "Tanker War."
- >
- > The British CIWS SEA WOLF missile system "outperforms any other CIWS
- > in the world" and is even capable of hitting "5.4 inch gun" shells.
- This is purely manufacturer's hype. Sea Wolf has been in action in the
- Falklands and did very well but other systems may be as good or better, there's
- no easy way to tell. The "4.5inch shell intercept"(not 5.4) was during tests
- and hardly reflects an operational capability.>
- >
- > F-16:
- >
- > 72 F-16's were equiped with the LANTIRN pod during DS.
- I did't think we had this many LANTIRN sets; they're still in low-rate
- production.
- >
- > Due to the higher number of dedicated air-superiority aircraft
- > in Desert Storm, the F-16 was used in the ground attack role
- > almost exclusively.
- True.
-
- > A-10:
- >
- > The A-10 accounted for something like 90% of all Iraqi tank,
- > artillery, and military vehicle losses in the Kuwaiti Theatre
- > of Operations.
- These numbers may be subject to change. Again, Wings will probably tell you
- that three different planes were each responsible for 90% on all kils in the
- KTO; you do the math. ;-)
-
- Don't believe everything you see on the Discovery Channel!
- >
- --
- Tom Schoene
- wwo@cornella.cit.cornell.edu -or- wwo@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
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