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To: Cicero

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a5LkaU0wj714&refer=home


4 posted on 03/24/2007 9:45:37 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero
Charts prepared by the Navy for a February 2005 briefing for defense contractors said the Sizzler, which is also called the SS-N-27B, starts out flying at subsonic speeds. Within 10 nautical miles of its target, a rocket-propelled warhead separates and accelerates to three times the speed of sound, flying no more than 10 meters (33 feet) above sea level.

On final approach, the missile ``has the potential to perform very high defensive maneuvers,'' including sharp-angled dodges, the Office of Naval Intelligence said in a manual on worldwide maritime threats.

Am I the only one who sees the obvious? If Russia is so willing to sell them, why not just buy one and see what makes it tick?
Alternatively, have Israel get her hands on one, if we lack the resources or imagination to do so.

10 posted on 03/24/2007 9:59:05 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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