07-30-2010, 08:01 PM
[quote name='ramana' date='08 July 2010 - 02:01 AM' timestamp='1278534192' post='107361']
During WWI the British equipped a class of merchant ships with guns and called them Q-Ships which were used for anti-sub warfare.
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ramana Ji :
The Q-Ships were actually meant for Anti-Submarine Warfare as the German and Japanese Submarines would "surface" to what seemed to be innocent Cargo Vessels but would get a suitable "response" from the Concealed Weapons on Board the Q-Ship.
When the vessel carries Armament on her Deck or on "Islands" (part of the super-structure) then they are termed as an AMC.
I do not know how a Missile would be fired from a Container as one does not know as to how the "Exhaust" would be countered.
Cheers
During WWI the British equipped a class of merchant ships with guns and called them Q-Ships which were used for anti-sub warfare.
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ramana Ji :
The Q-Ships were actually meant for Anti-Submarine Warfare as the German and Japanese Submarines would "surface" to what seemed to be innocent Cargo Vessels but would get a suitable "response" from the Concealed Weapons on Board the Q-Ship.
When the vessel carries Armament on her Deck or on "Islands" (part of the super-structure) then they are termed as an AMC.
I do not know how a Missile would be fired from a Container as one does not know as to how the "Exhaust" would be countered.
Cheers