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To: El Gato

“Those missiles and torpedoes need some kind of active or passive seeker head, which they of course have.”

Inertial guidance is pretty good. In the sixties my ship left Mayport Florida did a 9 month Med cruise and docked at a different dock when it got back. The SINS system knew all about it. This was WAY before GPS.


110 posted on 08/25/2008 6:57:01 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (McCain Swiftboated the Swift Boat Vets for Truth - Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Sunnyflorida
Inertial guidance is pretty good

Yes it can be, but generally not a system that needs a Boomer to carry it around. A missile sized one is not that great... but probably good enough for "fly out" purposes.

115 posted on 08/26/2008 4:46:47 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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