Ed US Cluster Bombed Misrata?

[Hans]

It's no different from all the threads Caustic Logic starts.

How cruel!

 

[McHrozni]

Ooh, double zing, sorta. Nice tries, but I question your math.

No biggie. Among other things you also questioned who cluster bombed Misrata and pointed to the least likely explanation as the rational explanation. If anything this shows my math is quite likely to be correct.

McHrozni

 

[Bigfooter]

It's a mortar. What do you need power for? Fire control? The thing is welded to the deck. Just point the ship in the dirrection you want it to fire. I would assume that a ship's crew is able to pick up and carry ammunition. There may not be much glammor is turning your nice warship into a 21st century equiv of a Bomb vessel but that doesn't mean it can't be done.

I think you're on to something - perhaps it was a Confederate Ironclad.