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August 24, 2008 - 3:41 pm - by Richard Fernandez
fedya
2008-08-24 23:13:02

@Galrahn:
USS McFaul (DDG-74)is not BMD capable.

OMG, this gets murkier and murkier. Does that mean it does not have SM-3 missiles but that it does have “BMD” in the form of SM-2 missiles? If SM-2, can they hit a ballistic missile launched some distance from them and targeted somewhere else, or just one incoming to them?

And, er, if they are SM-3, but they are “tactical”, i.e. low trajectory, can they hit the little buggers?

Inquiring minds in Tbilisi really want to know.