On Dec 24, 7:19*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:36:57 -0500, "Buerste" wrote:

"Richard" wrote in message
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OmOQs0ziSU

I'd bet a 16" will never be fired again in anger.

Ill bet you are wrong.

They are far far too useful and effective.

Remember the A-10 Warthog was scheduled to be phased out?

Somethings are universal tools, too good to go to the scrap heap.

I read that even with UAVs, spotting was too much of a problem to use
them surgically in limited conflicts. They are more suited to
cratering the surface of Iwo Jima or shredding "Das Reich". I don't
have numbers, but dispersion of a single salvo seems to be
considerable.

jw