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Old 12-21-2007, 18:10 PM   #306 (permalink)
Gun Grape
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Originally Posted by RustyBattleship View Post
In a nutshell, almost any country that can pose a hazard to our health has a coastline. Anywhere from 25% to 50% of that country's economy is within 5 or 10 miles of the beach. Warehousing, shipping, factories, distribution centers shipyards and military bases.

Think about it.
And all those Tom tubes we have on Burkes, Ticos and SSGNs can hit them more times, more accurately,at a greater standoff distance, with less crew and operating cost.

For the Burkes and Ticos, they can do it while providing ASW, AAW and C4I
at the same time.
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