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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: The Marine Corps' AV-8B Harrier
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Date: 29 Sep 90 15:48:40 GMT
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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
In article <1990Sep28.014342.13695@cbnews.att.com>, jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher) writes:

>	Weights:
>		Maximum takeoff weight: 31,000 pounds (STOL)

   Is this with some length of runway (1,000 feet?) or off of a ski-ramp?
>
>	Armament:
>		Two 25-mm cannon can be carried on under-fuselage stations.
>		Up to 16 MK 82 or six Mk 83 bombs, six BL-755 cluster bombs,
>		four AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles, or ten rocket
>		pods on underwing stations.

Ahhh.....sweeet...
  
>	Electronics:
>		I have no details.

Some Harriers in the Gulf have been grounded due to avionics failures; 
I do not remember the name of the part(s), but it was something which Northrop 
made below-spec is failing at a nasty rate. To compound matters, Northrop has 
been banned against bidding on replacements (because they cheated on
manufacturing the originals), so the Marines are scrambling to find a third 
party to build what they need.

>
>		In Falkland/Malvinas war between Britain and Argentina, the
>		Harrier proved to be an effective dogfighter against the
>		Argentinian Dagger aircraft. 

And thanks to the AIM-9L all-aspect Sidewinder ;-)