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Introduction to the ASROC Weapon System -- Part 1
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- Duration: 14:42
- Published: 09 Mar 2011
- Updated: 14 May 2012
1963 Declassified US Navy Training film on the ASROC weapon system and its use within the Destroyer fleet in the 1960s. This is part 1 of 2. Brought to you by the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
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1962 ASROC Navy Nuclear Tests from USS Agerholm DD826
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- Duration: 11:07
- Published: 13 Mar 2011
- Updated: 08 Jul 2012
US Navy documented film from the 1962 Operation Swordfish ASROC Nuclear depth charge tests in the Pacific. Firing vehicle USS Agerholm DD826, USS Richard B Anderson DD786, and USS Bausell DD845 are shown during the test. Effects of the test and results on submarine Razorback 2.5 miles away are discussed. This is the only known test of the ASROC Nuclear Depth bomb. This video brought to you by the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD850 in Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA.
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Navy Destroyer Loading and Firing an ASROC Missile
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- Duration: 1:10
- Published: 06 Nov 2007
- Updated: 12 May 2012
A Hellenic / Greek Navy, destroyer loading and firing an ASROC missile from its Mk 112 "Matchbox" ASROC launcher. Nearchos D-219 USS WADDELL DDG24 Formion D-220 DDG-24 Waddell
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HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai (FFG 462) launch ASROC. Royal Thai Navy
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- Duration: 5:01
- Published: 26 Dec 2011
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
Name: HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai Builder: Avondale Shipyards, Westwego, Louisiana Commissioned: 1997 Class and type: Knox-class frigate Displacement: 4065 long tons (4130 t) Length: 438 ft (134 m) Beam: 47 ft (14 m) Draft: 25 ft (7.6 m) Propulsion: Steam turbine 2 × 1200 psi boilers 1 geared turbine 1 shaft 35000 shp (26099 kW) Speed: 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) Complement: 250 officers and enlisted Sensors and processing systems: SPS-40B 2-D air search radar SPG-53 fire control radar SQS-26CX bow sonar SQR-18 towed sonar SLQ-32(V)1 passive intercept Armament: • 8 × ASROC anti-submarine missiles • 4 × Harpoon missiles • 4 × Mk.32 torpedo tubes with Mark 44 torpedoes • 1 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun • 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Aviation facilities: Helicopter deck and hangar
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ASROC Weapons System - Introduction
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- Duration: 0:35
- Published: 21 Nov 2006
- Updated: 01 May 2012
0800044 - US Navy Training Film - ASROC Weapons System - Introduction - 1963 - 20:30 - Black&White - This was a 1963 Navy training film featuring the antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) and its shipboard launcher. ASROC was an integrated, surface-to-underwater nuclear weapon system designed primarily for use against fast-attack enemy submarines. In a real-life battle situation, a ship's special sonar would pick up signals from the submarine. There was a computer-driven attack console manned by Navy specialists. As soon as the submarine was located, the specialists would determine whether to use a nuclear-tipped torpedo or a nuclear depth charge with the ASROC. The film details how to load and fire the weapon from the 8-rocket launcher. In peacetime, the ships carrying the ASROCs provided extensive training using simulators, which gave the trainees a realistic feeling on how to respond when sonar detects an enemy submarine.
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Swordfish, Sailor Hat (Conventional Test), ASROC, SUBROC
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- Duration: 1:08
- Published: 21 Nov 2006
- Updated: 30 Jun 2012
0800046 - Composite No. 1 -Swordfish, Sailor Hat (Conventional Test), ASROC, SUBROC - Various dates - 17:45 - Color - This video is a composite of several delivery systems and nuclear and non-nuclear Navy tests. SWORDFISH was a low-yield nuclear weapon test (less than 20 kilotons) of an antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) delivery system conducted in the Pacific. The underwater test produced a spectacular eruption on the ocean surface. Operation Sailor Hat involved using numerous conventional explosives to simulate nuclear blasts. Delta, the last Sailor Hat test in the ship evaluation program, was conducted to study seismological data, underwater acoustics, radio communications, cratering, air blast effects, cloud growth, fire ball generation, and electromagnetic data. There is dramatic video footage of the effects of this simulated nuclear blast on the test ships. There is footage of a depth bomb deployment from an aircraft. At water entry, the parachute is jettisoned. A ship-fired, ASROC-delivered Mark 45 torpedo was parachute deployed before entering the water and searching for and finding the submarine target. The torpedo, moving at 40 knots until reaching the proper depth in the water, then began a horizontal movement toward the target. Once in place, the warhead detonated. A submarine rocket (SUBROC) is shown ejecting from a nuclear submarine's torpedo tube, coming out of the water, flying up to 25 miles, reentering the water, and finally finding its target. A 39-inch long <b>...</b>
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Mando Missile ASROC with Planck's torpedo
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- Duration: 1:17
- Published: 12 Oct 2007
- Updated: 06 Jun 2011
Rocket propulsed torpedo
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ASROC A/Sub Missile Firing- GREEK NAVY
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- Duration: 1:10
- Published: 15 Nov 2010
- Updated: 11 Jul 2012
ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates. The ASROC has been deployed on scores of warships of many other navies, including Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of China, Greece, Pakistan and others.[2]After a surface ship, patrol plane or anti-submarine helicopter detects an enemy submarine by using sonar and/or other sensors, it could relay the sub's position to an ASROC-equipped ship for attack. The attacking ship would then fire an ASROC missile carrying an acoustic homing torpedo or a Nuclear Depth Bomb (NDB) onto an unguided ballistic trajectory toward the target. At a pre-determined point on the missile's trajectory, the payload separates from the missile and deploys a parachute to permit splashdown and water entry at a low speed and with minimum detectable noise. The water entry activates the torpedo, which is guided by its own sonar system, and homes in on the target using either active sonar or passive sonar. In cases where the ASROC missile carried an NDB, the unguided bomb would sink quickly to a predetermined depth where it would detonate. The nuclear-armed ASROC was never used beyond one or two tests in 1961-62. Eventually the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty banning underwater nuclear <b>...</b>
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Introduction to the ASROC Weapon System -- Part 2
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- Duration: 5:13
- Published: 09 Mar 2011
- Updated: 06 May 2012
1963 Declassified US Navy Training film on the ASROC weapon system and its use within the Destroyer fleet in the 1960s. This is part 2 of 2. Brought to you by the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr DD850 at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA
http://wn.com/Introduction_to_the_ASROC_Weapon_System_-_Part_2
HTMS Puttalerdla Napalai Laucnh ASROC
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- Duration: 0:22
- Published: 03 Feb 2009
- Updated: 31 May 2012
HTMS Puttalerdla Napalai Laucnh ASROC anti-submarine missile in RTN Integrated Training 2009.
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USS Mustin ASROC firing Oct 2003
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- Duration: 0:31
- Published: 30 Mar 2007
- Updated: 15 Oct 2011
First ASROC firing onboard the USS Mustin off of the waters of Hawaii in October 2003. The video is a little small viewing but packs a big punch
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D186 Mölders Tour (Painting ASROC) part 4 of 7
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- Duration: 0:42
- Published: 30 Oct 2007
- Updated: 25 Aug 2010
D186 Mölders was a guided missile destroyer in the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) and later the Deutsche Marine (Navy of reunited Germany). It was the second ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the USN Charles F. Adams class. Mölders was preserved and is now on display as museum ship in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The video was taken, during PONEX 2006 (volunteer week), by George Dewitt.
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D186 Mölders Tour (ASROC Deck) part 3 of 7
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- Duration: 1:31
- Published: 30 Oct 2007
- Updated: 27 Jan 2012
D186 Mölders was a guided missile destroyer in the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) and later the Deutsche Marine (Navy of reunited Germany). It was the second ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the USN Charles F. Adams class. Mölders was preserved and is now on display as museum ship in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The video was taken, during PONEX 2006 (volunteer week), by George Dewitt.
http://wn.com/D186_Mölders_Tour_ASROC_Deck_part_3_of_7
How to overclock Hp Compaq mini 311/311c ion netbook (ASROC OCTuner)
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- Duration: 3:52
- Published: 22 Aug 2010
- Updated: 05 Jul 2012
Hey in this video ill be showing you how to overclock hp mini 311 netbook overclock link: myhpmini.com WIN RAR FREE TRAIL LINK: www.rarlab.com Thanks if need help please pm me
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Swordfish Sailor Hat MK57 ASROC ASTOR SUBROC DOE Video #0800046
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- Duration: 18:02
- Published: 06 Feb 2012
- Updated: 06 Feb 2012
D186 Mölders Tour (Painting ASROC) part 6 of 7
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 30 Oct 2007
- Updated: 30 Mar 2012
D186 Mölders was a guided missile destroyer in the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) and later the Deutsche Marine (Navy of reunited Germany). It was the second ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the USN Charles F. Adams class. Mölders was preserved and is now on display as museum ship in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The video was taken, during PONEX 2006 (volunteer week), by George Dewitt.
http://wn.com/D186_Mölders_Tour_Painting_ASROC_part_6_of_7
Greek Navy ASROC launch
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- Duration: 1:10
- Published: 06 Apr 2009
- Updated: 21 Mar 2012
www.GreekMilitary.net
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JMSDF DD-156 SETOGIRI ASROC launcher test
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- Duration: 0:48
- Published: 18 Sep 2006
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
"SETOGIRI"(DD-156), the destroyer of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, had tested ASROC launcher.
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ASROC Weapons System Introduction Atomic Weapons Survival
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- Duration: 0:36
- Published: 12 Feb 2009
- Updated: 22 Aug 2010
ASROC Weapons System - www.survivalebooks.com Introduction This was a 1963 Navy training film featuring the antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) and its shipboard launcher. ASROC was an integrated, surface-to-underwater nuclear weapon system designed primarily for use against fast-attack enemy submarines. In a real-life battle situation, a ships special sonar would pick up signals from the submarine. There was a computer-driven attack console manned by Navy specialists. As soon as the submarine was located, the specialists would determine whether to use a nuclear-tipped torpedo or a nuclear depth charge with the ASROC. The film details how to load and fire the weapon from the 8-rocket launcher. www.survivalebooks.com survival manuals, military manuals, USA Army manuals, USMC Marines manuals, USCG Coastguard manuals, USACE Army Corps of Engineers, survival manual, USN Navy manuals, USAF Air Force manuals, FM field manuals, TM technical manuals, special forces, Navy Advancement programs, military training courses on disk, special operations, army rangers, AK47 rifle, SKS rifles, survival schools, warfare combat skills, aviation, artillery, armor, mines, EOD, military police, sniper rifles, civil disturbance, first aid, Army Rangers School, NATO, military aircraft manuals, military helicopter manuals, military vehicles manuals, military weapons manuals, FEMA, M16 rifle, CIA World Factbook, military intelligence operations, sniper schools, Army trucks.
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The Death of Innovtion
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- Duration: 1:58
- Published: 06 Jan 2008
- Updated: 26 Jun 2012
A mini compilation of the testing of our prototype SPASOK-CTR I and II. The catapult has been a horrific failure, but holds immense potential. It is spring powered and maintrins approximately 600 lbs of power. The center cam (grey) is designed to provide maximum acceleration of the tip. A new arm is currently in design and will soon be hurling. Dave -Chaos Engineering
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Declassified US Nuclear Test Film #44
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- Duration: 19:56
- Published: 06 Nov 2007
- Updated: 10 Jul 2012
0800044 - US Navy Training Film - ASROC Weapons System - Introduction - 1963 - 20:30 - Black&White - This was a 1963 Navy training film featuring the antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) and its shipboard launcher. ASROC was an integrated, surface-to-underwater nuclear weapon system designed primarily for use against fast-attack enemy submarines. In a real-life battle situation, a ships special sonar would pick up signals from the submarine. There was a computer-driven attack console manned by Navy specialists. As soon as the submarine was located, the specialists would determine whether to use a nuclear-tipped torpedo or a nuclear depth charge with the ASROC. The film details how to load and fire the weapon from the 8-rocket launcher. In peacetime, the ships carrying the ASROCs provided extensive training using simulators, which gave the trainees a realistic feeling on how to respond when sonar detects an enemy submarine.
http://wn.com/Declassified_US_Nuclear_Test_Film_44
ASROC " Frigate "
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- Duration: 0:35
- Published: 20 Jul 2012
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Another interchangeable superstructure on a 72 in generic hull. This is a fantasy design as are all my models, the sound system was installed but not played today because of rain... see more at www.freelanceboats.blogspot.com
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Naval battle
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- Duration: 3:31
- Published: 18 Oct 2007
- Updated: 04 Jul 2011
Mando Missile equipped unit vs Mando Missiles and Mando Gun equipped ones.
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| RUR-5 ASROC | |
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 ASROC Launcher |
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| Type | Standoff Anti-Submarine |
| Place of origin |  United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1961[1] |
| Used by | United States Navy and others |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Honeywell[1] |
| Unit cost | Approximately $350,000 (less torpedo payload) |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 1073 lb (488 kg)[1] |
| Length | 14.75 ft (4.5 m)[1] |
| Diameter | 16.6 in (422 mm) |
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| Warhead | Mark 46 torpedo, 96.8 lb (44 kg)[1] of PBXN-103 high explosive; 10kt W44 Nuclear Warhead (Retired) |
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Payload Specific |
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| Engine | Solid propellant rocket motor[1] |
| Wingspan | 26 7/8 in (683 mm) |
| Operational range |
12 nm (22 km)[1] |
| Speed | Subsonic |
| Guidance system |
Inertial guidance |
| Launch platform |
Surface Ship |
ASROC (for Anti-Submarine ROCket) is an all-weather, all sea-conditions anti-submarine missile system. Developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s, updated in the 1990s, and eventually installed on over 200 USN surface ships, specifically cruisers, destroyers, and frigates. The ASROC has been deployed on scores of warships of many other navies, including Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Republic of China, Greece, Pakistan and others.[2]
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History[link]
ASROC started development as the Rocket Assisted Torpedo (RAT) program by the Naval Ordnance Station at China Lake in the early 1950 to develop as surface warship ASW weapon counter to the new post-World War Two submarines which ran quieter, at much higher speed and could attack from much longer range with high speed homing torpedoes. In addition to take advantage of modern sonars with a much larger detection range. Also an extended range torpedo delivered by parachute from the air allowed warships the stand-off to attack hostile submarines with very little advance notice to the hostile submarine. The RAT program came in three phrases.[3] RAT-A, RAT-B and RAT-C. RAT-A and RAT-B was a program to develop a compact and economical stand-off ASW for smaller warships, but was found to be either unreliable or had too short a range. RAT-C was a program to develop a stand-off ASW weapon that used a nuclear depth charge. This would require a range of at least 8,000 yards to escape potential damage from the underwater blast. Unlike the original RAT program rockets, the RAT-C was considerably larger to accomplish the extended range needed and was to be fitted to larger warships. With the failure of both the RAT-A and RAT-B programs, RAT-C was redesigned from a stand-off nuclear ASW weapon to one that could use not only a nuclear depth charge but also homing ASW torpedo. To accomplish the accuracy needed, the RAT-C rocket launcher had to be redesigned with larger side fins. This program finally combined reliability and accuracy, along with the necessary stand-off range. However, before RAT-C reached initial operational status in 1960 aboard the large US Navy destroyer-leader Norfolk, its name was changed to the present ASROC.[4][5]
Description[link]
After a surface ship, patrol plane or anti-submarine helicopter detects an enemy submarine by using sonar and/or other sensors, it could relay the sub's position to an ASROC-equipped ship for attack. The attacking ship would then fire an ASROC missile carrying an acoustic homing torpedo or a Nuclear Depth Bomb (NDB) onto an unguided ballistic trajectory toward the target. At a pre-determined point on the missile's trajectory, the payload separates from the missile and deploys a parachute to permit splashdown and water entry at a low speed and with minimum detectable noise. The water entry activates the torpedo, which is guided by its own sonar system, and homes in on the target using either active sonar or passive sonar.
In cases where the ASROC missile carried an NDB, the unguided bomb would sink quickly to a predetermined depth where it would detonate. The nuclear-armed ASROC was never used beyond one or two tests in 1961-62. Eventually the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty banning underwater nuclear tests went into effect. The nuclear weapon was never used in combat. An ASROC missile could hypothetically carry a 10 kiloton W44 nuclear warhead, although the W44-armed nuclear weapons were retired by 1989, and all types of nuclear depth bombs were removed from deployment.[2]
The first ASROC system using the MK-112 "Matchbox" launcher, was developed in the 1950s and installed in the 1960s. This system was phased out in the 1990s and replaced with the RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC, or "VLA".[2]
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The 31 U.S. Navy Spruance-class destroyers were all built in the shipyard with the Mark 16 Mod 7 ASROC Launching Group and MK 4 ASROC Weapons Handling System (AWHS) reload system. These had one standard Mark 112 octuple ASROC launcher, located immediately above a reload system holding an additional 16 assembled rounds (two complete reloads of eight missiles apiece). Thus, each Spruance-class destroyer originally carried a maximum total of 24 ASROC.[6]
Most other U.S. Navy and allied navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, frigates, and several different classes of cruisers only carried the one ASROC 'matchbox' MK 112 launcher with eight ASROC missiles (although later in service, some of those missiles could be replaced by the Harpoon anti-ship missile). The "matchbox" Mk 112 launchers were capable of carrying a mixture of the two types. Reloads were carried in many classes, either on first level of the superstructure immediately abaft the launcher, or in a separate deckhouse just forward or abaft the Mk 112.
The MK 16 Launching Group also had configurations that supported HARPOON RGM-84 (Onboard Knox Class Destroyer Escorts (Fast Frigates)) or a variation of the Tartar missile in limited distribution.
Ships with the Mk 26 GMLS, and late marks of the Mk 10 GMLS aboard the "Belknap"-class, could accommodate ASROC in these power-loaded launchers (the Mk 13 GMLS was not able to fire the weapon, as the launcher rail was too short).
Most Spruance-class destroyers were later modified to include the Mk 41 VLS, these launchers are capable of carrying a mixture of the VL-ASROC, the Tomahawk TLAM, and other missiles. All of the Spruance destroyers carried two separate quad Harpoon launchers. Other US ships with the Mk 41 can also accommodate VL-ASROC.
Operators[link]
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Brazil
Canada
Germany
Greece
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Republic of Korea
Pakistan
Spain
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey- United States
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- Ikara
- Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) rocket-based torpedo (K-ASROC)
- Malafon
- MILAS
- RUM-139 VL-ASROC
- Sea Lance
- SUBROC
- Terasca
References[link]
- ^ a b c d e f g Thomas, Vincent C. The Almanac of Seapower 1987 Navy League of the United States (1987) ISBN 0-9610724-8-2 pp.190-191
- ^ a b c Friedman, Norman (May 1997). The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998. Annapolis, Maryland USA: United States Naval Institute Press. pp. 668. ISBN 1-55750-268-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=l-DzknmTgDUC&pg=PA668.
- ^ "Navy Homing Torpedoes Fights Subs." Popular Mechanics, April 1958, p. 108.
- ^ Bill Gunston Rocket & Missiles, Salamander Books Ltd 1979, ISSB 0-517-26870-1
- ^ Norman Friedman U.S. Destroyers Naval Institute Press (April 1982), ISBN-10-08702-1733X, p. 280
- ^ US Destroyers - Norman Friedman
External links[link]
- http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/vla.htm
- http://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/asroc.htm
- http://designation-systems.net/dusrm/r-5.html
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