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From: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Carrier Ops in Gulf
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.030249.2048@amd.com>
Date: 6 Apr 91 05:21:17 GMT
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From: schweige@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil (Jeffrey M. Schweiger)


In article <1991Apr5.092420.8844@amd.com>, x35147d3@usma8.usma.edu (Bergman Charles CDT) writes...
>The Intruder is probably one of the best attack aircraft in the world and can
>carry almost all U.S. Air to surface bombs and missiles including LGBs and even
>Tomahawk ALCMs (which are definitely consider a smart munition).  It doesn't
>surprise me that CBS (Communist Broadcasting Service) said this.

There have never been any operational air-launched versions of the Tomahawk
cruise missile.  Both the tactical MRASM (Medium-Range Air-to-Surface Missile) 
and strategic variant (unsuccessful competitor to the Boeing AGM-86 Air-Launched
Cruise Missile (ALCM) were cancelled.  The operational Tomahawks are all
surface or submarine launched versions.

The A6 can carry Harpoon, HARM, Maverick, Skipper II and Sidewinder missiles, as
well as laser-guided and other bombs.  The A6 can also carry the land-attack
variant of the Harpoon missile, the SLAM (Stand-off Land Attack Missile).

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