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To: Paleo Conservative; rmlew

Nope,the Chilean PHALCON is mounted on Boeing 707s.& the Indian ones will be on Russian built IL-76s.Pretty interesting that the PHALCONS serving for 3 countries will be on 3 different platforms!!!!


10 posted on 11/20/2006 7:52:20 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki; Paleo Conservative
Nope,the Chilean PHALCON is mounted on Boeing 707s.& the Indian ones will be on Russian built IL-76s.Pretty interesting that the PHALCONS serving for 3 countries will be on 3 different platforms!!!!

I wonder what they could do with an E-3 or E-767, but I'm sure they could have both a a multi-panel phased-array system as well as a standard radome for range.

I've got a cousin who works for Elta, but he won't admit to anything that hasn't been published is 2 public sources.
15 posted on 11/20/2006 8:29:22 PM PST by rmlew (Having slit their throats may the conservatives who voted for Casey choke slowly on their blood.)
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