Author Topic: The Sunburn........ (Read 972 times)

TM7 · « **on:** March 21, 2006, 09:56:07 AM »

Anybody up on the Sunburn.......

.........TM7

Brett · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2006, 11:57:29 AM »

Could you elaborate a little on your question? :?

Graybeard · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:43:10 PM »

Actually I think the sunburn is highly over rated. It's been my experience it's NO FUN at all and is to be avoided at all costs. But that's from a fellow who twice has had full back covered with water blisters up to 2" and more long. Not enjoyable at all.

That's my take on your question.

dukkillr · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2006, 12:53:28 PM »

I'm blonde with blue eyes. I also spent a summer as a lifeguard. I know a bit about sunburns.

Shorty · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2006, 01:53:24 PM »

TM7,
Your parallel universe is getting too close, dude. :wink:

magooch · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2006, 04:50:26 AM »

well, we might not have an effective defensive weapon, but retaliation could be a real bitch.

marylandeer · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2006, 05:50:54 AM »

The biggest weakness of the sunburn is it's range 200, miles and a flight time of under three minutes. For the sunburn to be a threat, the attacking ship needs to get within range. This is going to be very hard to do. The maximum range of U.S. Navy strike aircraft is considerably longer than 200 miles. Good luck getting past the F-18 super hornets. But lets say they did.

There is the (SM-2) missile, which has a range of 74 to 166 kilometers.

The second system is the Evolved Sea Sparrow (ESSM), which is used in packs of four that fit into one cell of the Mk 41 vertical-launch system. This system has a range of over 15 kilometers.

Then Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a variation of the venerable AIM-9 Sidewinder. This system, in a 21-round launcher, and has a range of nine kilometers.

And if all of those fail we have the Phalanx Close-in-Weapon-System (CIWS). This is a 20-millimeter Gatling gun firing depleted uranium or tungsten rounds at 3,000 - 4,500 rounds per minute to destroy the missile before it hits the ship.

They have a good weapon but were not crippled, we are in good hands.

marylandeer · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2006, 02:56:19 PM »

No the phalanx only has an effective range of about 1500 meters. This weapon only offers us a last ditch effort against the sunburn. With the speed of the sunburn the ship would still be hit with shrapnell even after a intercept hit probably.

powderman · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2006, 04:58:03 PM »

According to soldiers I've talked to, they were told the same thing about the t72 ruskie tank before desert storm. Tankers told me they were taught that we had nothing to compare to the superiour russian tanks. They said they went in to battle scared, til they found that they could kill the ruskies over 1/2 mile before the enemy was within range. POWDERMAN.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #9 on:** March 23, 2006, 03:44:39 AM »

I suspect a lot of the capabilities of this weapon are unknown as this weapon hasn't been used in combat as far as I know.

What the rumor does is to make a lot of money for weapons companies as our government has to design something to circumvent a weapon who's capability are yet to be proven, much like Regan used starwars against the Russians.

But hey, whats a few billion dollars among friends right?