From: Billy Brown (bbrown@conemsco.com)
Date: Thu Mar 25 1999 - 06:27:47 MST
mark@unicorn.com wrote:
> Patriot worked really well for propaganda on CNN; it was only years later
> that they admitted that it didn't hit a single Scud in the Gulf War. Aegis
> I might be wrong about, I don't know how well that's working.
Aegis works pretty well against the targets it is designed for - slow
anti-ship missiles at relatively close ranges. I've heard it can also hit
aircraft and the larger air-to-air missiles, but I'm not sure how reliable
that data is.
I understand the Air Force has had successful tests of their new airborne
anti-missile laser. This looks to me like the way to go for near-term
anti-missile systems - it is much easier to hit a missile with a laser than
another missile.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com
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