by "Ric" <No@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Dec 12, 2007 at 06:40 AM
"Artis" <lajolie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:448e33b6-157c-4e47-bf20-e09f96408bf8@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> So, is this total sci-fi? It looked like it. The va****ized bodies?
> I could not believe the bodies actually would look that way. And the
> Va****izer gun? Perhaps some anti-tank gun might be that strong, but
> it looked odd.
There may be some new high tech variant in development, but the Phalanx
system has been deployed since the seventies. It fires around 3,000 rounds
per minute at incoming missiles and has been an effective defense weapon
for
the Navy.