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- From: Chad Barret Wemyss <chadwemy@wpi.wpi.edu>
- Subject: Re: Harpoon and tactics.
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- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:52:37 GMT
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- From Chad Barret Wemyss <chadwemy@wpi.wpi.edu>
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- In article <C1F6tA.KF6@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> gorilla@cats.ucsc.edu (Christopher John Arnold) writes:
- >
- >First of all, does anyone have any idea if Harpoons have
- >been mounted on navy helos?
- >
- >And are there any good books of us naval tactics out there?
- >I've been trying to figure out how two O.H.Perry class frigates
- >and a Ticonderoga Cruiser would defend against two soviet
- >Kirov Class cruiser. Any suggestions?
- >
- >-Gorilla@cats.ucsc.edu
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- First, I've seen pictures of Sea Eagles (British anti-ship missiles, with a
- similar configuration and performance to the Harpoon) mounted on both Lynx ASW
- helos and on the EH-101 prototypes. I cant think of any good reason a Seahawk
- couldnt carry a Harpoon instead of its Mk46 torpedo. They are both about the
- same weight and size, and the Seahawk has all the avionics for the missile; one
- of its major roles would be midcourse guidance updates for over-the-horizon
- shots with both Harpoon and Tomahawk.
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- Second, I would be very surprised if two Kirovs ever deployed together. They
- are very powerful, expensive ships, and all three (four?) of the class have an
- integral flagship capability. This means that they would deploy as the leaders
- of a task force, with many excorts (Udaloys, Sovremennyys, and Krivaks). Think
- about how often we deploy two carriers in one task force. While two carrier
- task forces might operate together, they are still usually hundreds of miles
- apart to reduce vulnerability.
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- However, with the advent of the new Russian carrier, the Kirovs could be a
- prime escort, much the same as the Tico class are to the US Navy.
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- Chad Wemyss
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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