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From: sdragoo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P Dragoo)
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Subject: Re: Aaarggh!
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Date: 9 Apr 91 12:28:37 GMT
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From: sdragoo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P Dragoo)


>From: jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jeff Nanis)
>Like the header says... Folks, take it from someone who has worked
>on the Tomahawk cruise missile. There IS NO AIR-LAUNCHED VARIANT!!! Really.
>Thus, the A-6E (which can launch smart bombs) cannot launch it.

Wait a minute!  What happened to MRASM?  I'll admit, they don't call it 
a Tomahawk, but it IS the same missile.  It just doesn't have a nuclear 
capability.  You get your choice of 2 solid warheads(with different guidance
packages), or a submunition dispenser with antirunway bomblets.  It's called
the AGM-109 MRASM(Medium-Range Air-to-Surface Missile).

PTW: What's SLAM?  I've heard of a submarine-launched version of the British 
Blowpipe that's called SLAM(used only by the Israelis), but is this the same
thing?  And why would an AAM need the data link from an ASM?

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