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Article: Naval Guns: Can They Deliver 'Affordable' Precision Strike?
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- National Defense
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- March 1, 2001
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In the U.S. Navy's plan for fighting wars in the future, combat ships will serve as mobile sea-based artillery, providing fire support from as far away as 100 miles. Advanced naval guns shooting satellite-guided munitions, officials said, will provide the same land-combat firepower that today would require several batteries of howitzers. Further, if the new gun systems work as advertised, they would allow the Navy to hit targets ashore for much less than what it costs to strike with Tomahawk cruise missiles.
"We want an affordable round to do a small hole in a building, right where you want it. [But] we don't want to spend a million dollars a pop," said Capt. Tom ...