Originally Posted by jackehammond

Dear Members,

Hitting the arrow in flight is always the worst option. Getting the archer is always preferred if possible. But that is not always possible.

Back in the 1980s General Dynamics offered a land version of the US Navy's Phalanx 20mm CIWS for defense of important items -- ie command centers, Patriot radar units, etc. It would basically destroy incomign missiles and bombs. The US Army is now looking at it again because of the fact that the Russians are offering ultra-high speed Krypton anti-radar missiles for export.

Finally, the first known interception in combat of a bomb by a missile was during the Falklands War in 1982 when an Argentine Roland battery got a lock on a Sear Harrier and transfered it to a bomb that Sea Harrier had released in a loft release.

Jack E. Hammond