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2007-04-16 Science & Technology

Navy Lacks Plan to Defend Against 'Sizzler' Missile

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-16 19:03|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sabotage the plant building the sizzler to start with.

Then random violent deaths of its salesmen until it is no longer on the market or the Navy has a counter.

Posted by 3dc 2007-04-16 19:49|| 2007-04-16 19:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Active LIDAR coupled Laser defense systems with optical computing for maximum throughput. Keep things at the speed of light wherever possible. Russia needs to be read the riot act for proliferating this sort of hardware. There's only so much whoring around that they can do before they end up spreading some serious diseases. This missile is one of them.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-16 19:55|| 2007-04-16 19:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe this is what they are talking about an upgraded Estes Sizzler that uses a G motor rather than a C. http://www.vatsaas.org/rtv/arsenal/rickrocs/supersizz/supersizzler.aspx

Posted by bruce 2007-04-16 20:43|| 2007-04-16 20:43|| Front Page Top

#4 Yikes! If SLAM-ER, HARPOON PIP, STD MSL, etc doesn't answer the mail, AND if sizzler is THAT effective, perhaps we'd better ink a $$$B contract to reverse-eng??

(Nah... we wouldn't use it anyway....) at

Posted by Asymmetrical T 2007-04-16 21:17|| 2007-04-16 21:17|| Front Page Top

#5 This is a photo of the missile in question being loaded into an Indian Navy Kilo in Russia.

Posted by John Frum 2007-04-16 21:39|| 2007-04-16 21:39|| Front Page Top

#6 The Indian Navy Frigate INS Talwar on a visit to Norway.

The white rectangle (from bow of ship - group of men, gun, missile rail launcher, then the rectangle) is a VLS bank of 8 of these "Sizzler" missiles

Posted by John Frum 2007-04-16 22:03|| 2007-04-16 22:03|| Front Page Top

#7 RUSSIA > RULES OUT ANY MILITARY OPTION AGZ IRAN. However, KOMMERSANT > RUSSIA HAS NO PLAN IN CASE OF GULF WAR > seems to indicate that Russian Govt entities do possess military, etc. plans for various kinds of outcomes = contigencies EXCEPT FOR AN ATTACK AGZ IRAN PPROPER. Maybe I'm reading too much into the KOMMERSANT article, BUT DESCRIPTION + TONES INDIC THAT WHILE RUSSIA MAY CLAIM NOT TO WANT-DESIRE TO ATTACK = MIL INTERVENE IN IRAN, "OR AGZ ANY OTHER NATIONS", I'M GETTING THE GUT FEELING THAT AN ATTACK AGZ THE USA/CONUS-NORAM ["spoiling attack"]MAY NOT BE ABSOLUTELY RULED OUT EITHER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-16 22:03|| 2007-04-16 22:03|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm thinking laser, EMP, or if it is truly low level then perhaps just throw up a wall of water in front of it perhaps by exploding a charge in its path timed to go off so that the water is in the air right when the missile would be passing through the water thrown up by the blast. How about a stealthy missile that blows up in its path to put a wall of debris and water in the way? If it's truly that fast, its terminal approach should be predictable enough that an Aegis-like gattling gun should be able to mess with it pretty good if it had the right ammo. What about that "Metal Storm" gun or a series of them in place of the gun in the Aegis system? That might do the trick.

Of course they could try launching multiple torpedoes and missiles, or change the flight characteristics, but I doubt they would want to change the supersonic approach that is the weapon's defining characteristic and also somewhat of a weakness.

Posted by gorb 2007-04-16 23:44|| 2007-04-16 23:44|| Front Page Top

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