[Sawdring]

Squall

[Free the USA]

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[PokeyJoe]

The squall's downfall is that if you can "spoof" the targeting sensors on the attacking boat, then he has shot his wad, given away his position, and since the squall uses a hypercavitating shell - a nice clean path is cut in the water that can be seen from an aviation unit on the surface. Any submariner's care to comment?

Also, if China and France (!?) can buy a Squall - why can't the Republic of Texas? =)

[gcruse]

"The U.S. is China's hypothetical enemy, so Taiwan is not China's main target"

I hope that is true.  Otherwise, we will
stiff Taiwan and not prepare a Squall defense.

[PhilDragoo]

The concept of operations for this missile requires the crew of a submarine, ship or the coast guard define the target's parameters -- speed, distance and vector -- and feeds the data to the missile's automatic pilot. The missile is fired, achieves its optimum depth and switches on its engines. The missile does not have a homing warhead and follows a computer-generated program.

No wire-guidance, no homing capacity. Total reliance on "defining parameters".

I perceive a weakness--of course they claim the payload is a tactical nuke. Maybe.

At any rate, it certainly worked effectively to sink the Kursk--so we should be very afraid.

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[NormsRevenge]

Squall torpedo, or VA-111 torpedo, were being tested on Russian nuclear submarine Kursk when it exploded and sank in Barents Sea on Aug. 12, 2000.

Although the cause of Kursk blast has not been defined, some Russian and Western military experts suspect the torpedo's volatile fuel liquid caused the explosion.

Heck, I say, let 'em have all they want.

[Stavka2]

Well, I've got a simple solution for the worried Tiawnese...go fork over some money and buy some yourselves...I'm sure if they put their wallets where their mouths are, instead of relying on other countries to protect them, they could have all these little toys.

[Tailgunner Joe]