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To: Vermont Lt
"I am confident that our folks at Cal and MIT have been working on this for years. I cannot imagine the military leadership sitting on their asses, wringing their hands about how these smart Russians beat us. When assessing risks you cannot assume that there is no countering action. I see that mistake made on FR all the time. Just because the countermeasures aren’t found on Yahoo News, doesn’t mean they don’t exist."

One can only hope we're on top of it...

140 posted on 03/23/2023 8:26:59 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: MV=PY

Don’t believe the hype.


141 posted on 03/23/2023 8:39:04 PM PDT by Theophilus (It's fake and defective)
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To: MV=PY

Do not bet on it. In the 80’s time frame, I was working to develop a target to simulate the Russian SS-N-22 Sunburn.

It was fairly well accepted the navy could not stop it. Closest target was a recycled Talos missile. That could not mimic the low altitude profile at all.

The CIWS could not even reliably stop the subsonic BQM-74 target. One hit a ship during a test and killed a guy. CIWS got confused and decided to engage the radar reflection off the water rather than the drone.


144 posted on 03/23/2023 10:38:03 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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