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To: JimRed

Harpoon?

One Mk 48 more like it. You need at least 4-6 Harpoon for a Sov.


21 posted on 12/31/2005 7:55:08 AM PST by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today’s.)
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To: Dundee

Roger that. A single Harpoon would cause damage but certainly not sink this vessel. Unless you managed some spectacular secondaries and fires.

A Mk48 under the keel would do the trick nicely.

One of the best counters to this ship in the Straits of Taiwan is the Taiwanese diesel-electric boats and other unnamed undersea assets.


33 posted on 12/31/2005 8:38:53 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Dundee
One Mk 48 more like it. You need at least 4-6 Harpoon for a Sov.

You're probably right; only 215 lbs. of high explosive in the warhead.

42 posted on 12/31/2005 9:46:09 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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