On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:28:31 -0700, "Joe Delphi"
wrote:


Yes, Harpoon has been in the Fleet since at least the late 1980s, but it is
still a formidable weapon. Not sure what a "JASSAM-variant" would offer

How formidable will it be 10, 20, or 30 years from now? A weapon being
designed today will be in service then. Today's threats are not the
issue.

What do you mean by "modern air defenses". Are you talking about the
automatic close in weapon systems that shoot out 1 zillion depleted uranium
rounds per second? Not sure who has those systems other than the United

Just about everybody of any importance. USSR had their own equivalent,
as do European navies; the Soviet, European, and US weapons have been
sold all over the world. And to call them "modern" is a bit of a
stretch: CIWS has been in the US fleet since 1983 - that's 22 years.

Modern air defenses are things like Aegis and successor systems.

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