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- From: "Ted Kim (Random Dude" <tek@ficus.cs.ucla.edu>
- Subject: Re: Air launched tomahawk?
- Message-ID: <C19nMH.2uo@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department
- References: <C143uI.3F3@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <C15yF6.KC1@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:37:29 GMT
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- From "Ted Kim (Random Dude" <tek@ficus.cs.ucla.edu>
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- In article <C15yF6.KC1@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Don Palmrose <dpe@inel.gov> writes:
- >As for US Navy cruise missiles, only the Harpoon (50 NM range according to
- >open literature) is air launchable and does not have a land-version (anti-ship
- >only).
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- However, in the near future the SLAM (land-attack) variant of the
- Harpoon should be available. I am not sure when the IOC date is, but
- they are in low-rate production to iron out all the details. Seven
- were "tested" in Desert Storm.
-
- >I do remember that the manufacturer of Tomahawk did submitted it
- >in the competition for the Air Force's ALCM program but lost to the Boeing
- >design. I guess the Air Force doesn't like anything the Navy produces ;-)
- >Also, look who's land attack cruise missile is seeing all the action :-) :-).
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- Recently, only the Tomahak has been involved. But in Desert Storm,
- some conventionally armed Boeing ALCMs were used. Maybe just so the AF
- could say "me too". 1/2 :- )
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- -ted
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