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To: Blueflag

> (Sabres could not carry 24 air-to-air anything except gun rounds)

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=362

The interception radar (from Hughes Aircraft Co.) and associated fire-control computed the target’s position, guided the aircraft on an intercept course to within 500 yards of the target, lowered the retractable tray of 24 rockets, and fired the rockets automatically. The effect of these weapons would have been devastating to an enemy bomber because each 2.75-inch Mighty Mouse folding fin aircraft rocket (FFAR) contained the power of a 75mm artillery shell.


81 posted on 10/20/2008 7:28:47 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Rgr. A 7+ lb warhead. I was corrected and educated earlier. See post #30. thx.

I was not aware of a D model; only the fighter/attack models.


144 posted on 10/20/2008 10:37:06 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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