View Single Post
Old 04-04-2008, 19:30 PM   #13 (permalink)
Gregor
Defense Professional
 
Join Date: 03-31-08
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 8
Country:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreadnought View Post
*One thing to consider when trying to strike another torpedo with say an "underwater missle" at short range is the fact that no torpedo or atleast none that I have heard of is armed when it leaves the tubes or "hot". It must give sufficient clearence for the ship/sub to manuver before it arms otherwise you could have a few billion dollar mistake if it malfunctions and a very large hole in the water that used to be a submarine or warship.

It all comes down to DCL - Detection, Classification, Localization. With the DCL technologies we're maturing, and the hard-kill capability, there's no need to arm a weapon in a tube or in "close" proximity to a high value member of a battlegroup.
Gregor is offline   Reply With Quote