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To: Blueflag

Any idea what the modern day equivalent of the Wild Weasel is called?


21 posted on 11/03/2023 3:07:45 PM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: .44 Special

The F-16C has that mission now. AGM-88 is the missile. Big sucker- 13 feet รท/- long. High supersonic speed, smokeless. Death from above.

It’s much improved over the older versions the F-4 Wild Weasels carried. New ones are fire and forget- even if the radar stops radiating or changes frequency, the missile will hit within ~10m CPE. Usually closer.


25 posted on 11/04/2023 3:57:25 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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