To: A.A. Cunningham
Can Super-Hornet carry the Pheonix? Does this not degrade the defence of a carrier battle group?
9 posted on
03/10/2006 12:22:42 PM PST by
Spruce
(Keep your mitts off my wallet)
To: Spruce
The AIM-54 Phoenix was already retired in Sept'04. The Hornet/SuperHornet was never adapted to carry the weapon.
Currently the AIM-120 can fill the gap with an albiet shorter range of ~110km vs the Phoenix's 184km range.
Minus the maintenance headache of the Tomcat, the SuperHornet is a dog when it compares to the Tomcat.
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