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From: miket@brspyr1.brs.com (Mike Trout)
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Subject: Aerial missiles
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Date: 19 Sep 89 06:34:49 GMT
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From: miket@brspyr1.brs.com (Mike Trout)
In sci.military Digest  Thu, 14 Sep, 1989  Volume 2 : Issue 96
gwh%sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) writes:

I've added data to George's article, comparing his information to that of
"Gallery of USAF Weapons" (May 1984), by Susan Young and John Taylor of
_Janes's_.  There are significant differences in some cases, and I'm not about
to get into a discussion about who's right.  I know that the "Gallery" has been
caught in a few mistakes in the past, and this issue of the "Gallery" is more
than five years out of date.  Note that in many cases the data from the 
"Gallery" refers to a specific model of missile and may not be true for other 
models of that missile.  I've also added a few that George didn't list, at the 
end of this article.
 
> Sidewinder	AIM-9	IR Homing	200 lbs 15 miles

  Sidewinder    AIM-9L  IR Homing       191 lbs >10 miles            

> Sparrow	AIM-7	SARH		550 lbs	40 miles

  Sparrow       AIM-7F/M SARH           500 lbs >25 miles 

> Phoenix	AIM-54	SARH/TARH*	1100 lbs, 100 miles

  data not available as this weapon is not used by USAF.

> AMRAAM	AIM-120	ARH		350 lbs, 50 miles (to be deployed soon)

  AMRAAM        AIM-120A inertial/TARH  326 lbs, ? miles

> Maverick (TV or IR imaging homing, about 750 lbs and 13 miles)

  Maverick AGM-65A (self-homing electro-optical, 462 lbs and ? miles)
    
> Shrike (ARM (Anti Radiation(radar) Missile, ? and 15 miles?)

  Shrike AGM-45A (passive homing, 400 lbs and >3 miles) anti-radar
   
> Standard ARM (ARM, 1500 lbs, 30 miles?)

  Standard AGM-78 (passive homing, 1356 lbs, 15.5 miles) anti-radar

> HARM (ARM, 400 lbs, 35 miles

  HARM AGM-88A (passive homing, 807 lbs, >10 miles) anti-radar

> Hellfire (SALH, anti-tank)

  not listed (perhaps Hellfire is US Army only?)

> ..and i probably lost one or three

~ indicates no longer in service
~Genie         AIR-2A  unguided   820 lbs     6 miles  air-to-air, nuke warhead
~Super Falcon  AIM-4F  SARH       150 lbs     7 miles  air-to-air
~Super Falcon  AIM-4G  IR         145 lbs     7 miles  air-to-air
               GBU-15  TV        2000 lbs   >5.75 miles air-to-ground glide bomb
               ASAT    IR           ? lbs  >620 miles air-to-space
 Harpoon       AGM-84  TARH      1160 lbs   >57 miles air-to-ship
               HVM  radar & laser <48 lbs   c.3.7 miles air-to-tank 
 Rapier     radar/CLS or optical c.92 lbs     4 miles ground-to-air

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