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From: hatch@cs.utah.edu (Corey Hatch)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Eagle Question
Keywords: Eagle, Phoenix
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Date: 23 Dec 89 06:05:02 GMT
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From: hatch@cs.utah.edu (Corey Hatch)
	>In article <12534@cbnews.ATT.COM> wbates@bucsf.bu.edu (William Bates)
	>writes:

	>Does anyone know why the Eagle cannot utilize the Phoenix Missile ?? 
	>Is is merely financial (I have heard that a Phoenix is 2.2 Million 
	>a pop..or is it radar, or is it the pylons or .....

The 'Phoenix missle' is only PART of the Hughes AWG-9 weapons control system.
The F-14 Tomcat is an example of a platform built around this system.  The 
F-15 was designed for a different mission and doesn't possess the AWG-9, and 
hence the Phoenix either...

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