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What's the maximum range of a Silkworm? -- The_reverend
"Iraq also used Scud missiles in both these conflicts." i.e. both Iran-Iraq and Iraq 2003.
My understanding was that initial reports that Iraq used scuds in 2003 were inaccurate, and were contradicted by later reports.
Somebody hucked one of those damned things at us while I was serving aboard the Constellation (CV64). Seriously unreal feeling when the 1MC calls out "General Quarters" and "Vampires Inbound!!" You try not to panic but you get a seriously cold feeling in the middle of your chest. Sort of hard to discribe. They started reading off the closing mileage, (Which was REALLY creepy) when it dropped off the scopes at about 8 miles out. Never did find out for sure if it was knocked down by the picket destroyers, it was foiled by ECM or we were just a little too far out of range. BigDon 01:42, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Current info says that the missile the hit the INS Hanit was a C-802, not this older Silkworm so I've moved the info to there. Riddley 17:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I ran across an article on Depleted Uranium in the Gulf that happened to mention an incident with a silkworm missile. ( http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil/du_library/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm) at the end "Ship-to-Ship Incident"
A shore-based launcher fired a silkworm at the USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Jarrett (FFG-33), and HMS Gloucester(D-96) February 25, 1991. A sea dart missile from the Gloucester shot down the Silkworm.
Is this worth adding to the 'History' section of this article?
Edit: I see that this incident is already listed in the Combat History section of the Sea Dart missile entry.
-- Occasional Reader 17:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
This page states that "Both the Shang You (SY) and the Fei Long (FL) families of anti-ship missiles are often also referred as Silkworms.", however, http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/hy1.htm states that "HY-1 is coastal defense version, SY-1 is the ship-launched version.". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.221.128.8 ( talk) 11:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
The article is incorrect as it was not known if the Silkworm was targeted at USS Missouri or HMS London, they were in close proximity and the missile exploded between the two vessels. I know I was there!!!!
Ijf1959 (
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This article states that Tsien was deported from the U.S. The article on Tsien says that he left the U.S. voluntarily after an agreement between the PRC and the U.S. ended his house arrest. I have no idea which is correct, but obviously one article or the other needs to be changed. I'd suggest just removing the issue from this article, since it's not all that relevant here. Isaac R ( talk) 01:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
The appropriate infobox is {{ Infobox Weapon}} - MBK 004 02:50, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
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What's the maximum range of a Silkworm? -- The_reverend
"Iraq also used Scud missiles in both these conflicts." i.e. both Iran-Iraq and Iraq 2003.
My understanding was that initial reports that Iraq used scuds in 2003 were inaccurate, and were contradicted by later reports.
Somebody hucked one of those damned things at us while I was serving aboard the Constellation (CV64). Seriously unreal feeling when the 1MC calls out "General Quarters" and "Vampires Inbound!!" You try not to panic but you get a seriously cold feeling in the middle of your chest. Sort of hard to discribe. They started reading off the closing mileage, (Which was REALLY creepy) when it dropped off the scopes at about 8 miles out. Never did find out for sure if it was knocked down by the picket destroyers, it was foiled by ECM or we were just a little too far out of range. BigDon 01:42, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
Current info says that the missile the hit the INS Hanit was a C-802, not this older Silkworm so I've moved the info to there. Riddley 17:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
I ran across an article on Depleted Uranium in the Gulf that happened to mention an incident with a silkworm missile. ( http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil/du_library/du_ii/du_ii_tabh.htm) at the end "Ship-to-Ship Incident"
A shore-based launcher fired a silkworm at the USS Missouri (BB-63), USS Jarrett (FFG-33), and HMS Gloucester(D-96) February 25, 1991. A sea dart missile from the Gloucester shot down the Silkworm.
Is this worth adding to the 'History' section of this article?
Edit: I see that this incident is already listed in the Combat History section of the Sea Dart missile entry.
-- Occasional Reader 17:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
This page states that "Both the Shang You (SY) and the Fei Long (FL) families of anti-ship missiles are often also referred as Silkworms.", however, http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/hy1.htm states that "HY-1 is coastal defense version, SY-1 is the ship-launched version.". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.221.128.8 ( talk) 11:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
The article is incorrect as it was not known if the Silkworm was targeted at USS Missouri or HMS London, they were in close proximity and the missile exploded between the two vessels. I know I was there!!!!
Ijf1959 (
talk) 10:11, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
This article states that Tsien was deported from the U.S. The article on Tsien says that he left the U.S. voluntarily after an agreement between the PRC and the U.S. ended his house arrest. I have no idea which is correct, but obviously one article or the other needs to be changed. I'd suggest just removing the issue from this article, since it's not all that relevant here. Isaac R ( talk) 01:13, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
The appropriate infobox is {{ Infobox Weapon}} - MBK 004 02:50, 2 August 2010 (UTC)