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1 posted on 04/12/2010 5:59:11 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove; KevinDavis

interesting idea


2 posted on 04/12/2010 6:01:31 PM PDT by GeronL (Entitlement Zombies will become real zombies when the money runs out)
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To: sonofstrangelove
Shhhhh. Don't tell Obama.

He will either scrap the program or give it to the Russians for a case of Vodka to serve at his Wednesday night cocktail parties.

3 posted on 04/12/2010 6:04:04 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Obamunism, the fatal cure for Bush Derangement Syndrome.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Good ol F-15’s

STILL one of the best machines ever made.

RIP McDonald Douglas. I don’t know what you did to PO the bureaucrats but they killed you.

Obama will hate this idea...

OUT next year! :)


8 posted on 04/12/2010 6:28:43 PM PDT by No!
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To: sonofstrangelove
Hmm, I thought Raytheon already demonstrated this technology. IIRC they took an AMRAAM, put a slightly modified Sidewinder (IR) seeker on it, and demonstrated the capability... ???

I would guess the PAC has a longer range, bigger engagement envelope. But it is a big beast too. Wonder if an F-15 could carry more than one or two of them? (and get up to significant altitude and speed). What's the load-out capability of an F-15 with AMRAAMs? Personally, I think I'd like more shots... But that's just me.

10 posted on 04/12/2010 6:58:10 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: spetznaz; F15Eagle

Ping


11 posted on 04/12/2010 8:04:11 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
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To: sonofstrangelove
The speed and range of the F-15s would carry the PAC-3s far closer to their targets than was previously imagined possible and give them a boost of up to around 1,500 miles per hour, or faster than Mach 2, significantly improving their performance and the likelihood that they could intercept and destroy incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Can an F-15 do Mach 2 with externals?

12 posted on 04/12/2010 8:08:05 PM PDT by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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