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From: gwh%monsoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Hellfires
Summary: Weight, that's why...
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.014759.27920@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 17 Nov 90 01:47:59 GMT
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From: gwh%monsoon.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert)

In article <1990Nov16.052824.22355@cbnews.att.com> ccicpg!cci632!jvz@uunet.uu.net (John V. Zambito) writes:
>In a recent issue of AW&ST I saw a picture of a helicopter with 2
>pods of 4 hellfire missiles (what a great name) each. It seems to
>me that they could fit more than 8 on one helicopter. I would guess 
>that the helicopter has to travel a hundred miles or so before it
>reaches the enemy. Then it only gets 8 shots and has to return to
>base. Wouldn't it be better to carry 20 or 30 and really have some 
>fun?
>
>How do these Hellfires work anyway?
>How much do they cost?

They only carry four or eight or sixteen (depending on various factors like
what helicopter it is and what it's doing) because they can't cary any more.
In case you didn't notice, most aircraft tend to have limited weight loads 8-)

They are tactical antitank (one version is antiship) missiles.  Hellfires wiegh
about 150 lbs, have a range under most conditions of four miles, and are
laser guided.  


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