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Swift Sword · 11-26-2005, 13:34 PM

M21 Sniper, Praxus and Big Gun Proponents,

Is there any reason why one could not cobble together a simple missle by strapping a lofting charge or booster onto a GBU-39 and putting a bunch of them in vertical launch cells on existing surface warfare platforms?

If made to work, this might be a good way to distribute meaningful naval fire support throughout the fleet at a very low cost using existing platforms rather than concentrate it on a few BB type platforms refitted at great cost or new builds at greater cost.

I suspect such a critter could have a 70 mile range---possibly more---with enviable accuracy.

11-26-2005, 13:34 PM	#190 (permalink)
Swift Sword *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 10-23-05 Location: Carl Perkins' Cadillac Posts: 772	M21 Sniper, Praxus and Big Gun Proponents, Is there any reason why one could not cobble together a simple missle by strapping a lofting charge or booster onto a GBU-39 and putting a bunch of them in vertical launch cells on existing surface warfare platforms? If made to work, this might be a good way to distribute meaningful naval fire support throughout the fleet at a very low cost using existing platforms rather than concentrate it on a few BB type platforms refitted at great cost or new builds at greater cost. I suspect such a critter could have a 70 mile range---possibly more---with enviable accuracy. __________________ Pharoh was pimp but now he is dead. What are you going to do today?