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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)
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Subject: Re: US intercepting an ICBM
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Date: 11 Oct 90 05:11:12 GMT
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)

In article <1990Oct10.000552.259@cbnews.att.com>, tcs!sparcplug!markk@uunet.UU.NET (Mark Kromer) writes...
>If I'm not mistaken, it has been proposed to intercept ICBM's with 
>Phoenix missles fired from F-15's.  The Phoenix is the F-15's long 
>range air-to-air missle, also used by the F-14.

I believe you are mistaken.  Unless something has happened very recently,
I have heard of no plans to equip F-15's (or any other plane) with Phoenix
missiles.

Way back when, there were plans to make a navalized version of the F-15.
The Navy wanted to keep its then-new Phoenix missile a part of their new
fighter plane.  By the time the AWG-9 radar and adaptors for Phoenix were
installed, it became too heavy for the Navy to use, so the F-14 went into
production.  The F-14 wasn't entirely designed with Phoenix in mind (hence 
the adaptors used to carry it).  The navalized F-15 was under consideration
due to the rising costs of the F-14 program.

By the way, the Navy has (at least for now) ended procurment of more Phoenix
missiles.




				Paul