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- From: Chad Barret Wemyss <chadwemy@wpi.wpi.edu>
- Subject: Re: Amraam usage in Iraq
- Message-ID: <C1F7Ap.LCp@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- References: <C19oF0.4Ct@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:30:24 GMT
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- From Chad Barret Wemyss <chadwemy@wpi.wpi.edu>
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- In article <C19oF0.4Ct@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> system@doc.bmd.trw.com writes:
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- > But on Monday, an F-15C failed to shoot down an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat
- >after attempting to do so with both an AMRAAM and an AIM-7 Sparrow. The F-15
- >fired an AMRAAM at the MiG at a range of 27 miles and then a Sparrow at 17
- >miles, suggesting the engagement was a "head-to-head" shot.
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- Is it common practice for the F-15's to carry both the AMRAAM and the Sparrow.
- The AMRAAM is a much superior weapon, and you would think that in a possible
- (probable) shooting situation, they'd carrry the it over the Sparrow.
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- Chad Wemyss
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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