From: Ad 

George Sherwood wrote:
> Ad wrote:
>> "merican maritime patrol aircraft currently carry torpedos as part of
>> their armament, which serve as key weapons against enemy submarines. As
>> any high-diver of cliff-jumper knows first hand, however, water can feel
>> surprisingly solid after a long fall. Torpedos still have to be released
>> from low altitude, typically 100 feet or less above the waves.
>
> The 100 feet is very false, so I have to wonder about the entire article.
>
> George

Yup if they have parachutes hung off the arse & can quietly drift down
then it can be higher however drifting down on a chute from 30K feet would

(A) Take a while &

(B) Be subject to some wind drift.

What I like about this is the comments wrt:

"The LongShot system is a low-cost, self-contained wing adaptor kit
that can provide these capabilities to a range of existing air-to-surface
munitions, including sea mines, gravity bombs, laser-guided bombs and
cluster bomb dispensers. The system is self-contained and includes a flight
control computer, a GPS-based navigation system, and power sources; range
is up to 50 nautical miles. "


So........it gives glide delivery capability of 50 miles or so to.....

Esp interesting wrt dumping mines esp esp where tied into a gps system so
the glider can plonk em down in exactly the right place.

Or it could dump mini SOSUS style beasties thus meaning less of the SSN
"close to shore" stuff.

Adam

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