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**dott.Piergiorgio**

ha scritto:

the ~8km range of the hellfire and the inherent low stealthiness of
helos on the open sea preclude stand-off attacks against ships above
~400 tons, that is, capable of carrying guns from 57mm up and/or
missiles around the seasparrow size.

{SNIP}

Isn't that what Penguin is for?:

Indeed. If we want to draw a parallel with weapons system of a century
or so ago, the penguin is like the "secondary battery" available to
helos, the main being the harpoon and the tertiary these navalised
hellfire.... I guess everyone can agree that a penguin is an overkill
against pirate skiffs and iranian large RHIB and similiar types of
pousserie Navale.

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.