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To: SolitaryMan


Just curious, when a missle is launched off a ship, can the entire crew hear it go off?


83 posted on 03/29/2007 1:49:19 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Ice-cubes melting in the sun is an act of God. Get over it, Gore.)
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To: sergeantdave
Just curious, when a missle is launched off a ship, can the entire crew hear it go off?

Yes, when a ship launches a missile, everyone on board knows it.

84 posted on 03/29/2007 1:50:53 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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To: sergeantdave

Unless you're on an aircraft carrier and launching a small sea sparrow missile, yes the crew would here it, at the very least hear about it. It's a pretty big deal to launch missiles on a ship or submarine.


86 posted on 03/29/2007 1:54:17 PM PDT by SolitaryMan
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To: sergeantdave
Just curious, when a missle is launched off a ship, can the entire crew hear it go off?

Hell yes. And more than that. I participated in a couple of live shots, and every one was preceeded by a number of 1MC announcements warning the crew to stay the heck away from the missile launcher when we shoot the missile. Half the crew were involved in the process of shooting it and the other half were topside taking pictures. Everyone knows when one of those things go off.

88 posted on 03/29/2007 2:03:37 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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