New Versions Of Surface-Launched AMRAAM

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These include Ship-launched versions that use the rocket
motor and airframe from Evolved Sea Sparrow.
Which basically makes it an Evolved Sea Sparrow with an
AMRAAM seeker head. See:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3ae20a9189-7650-4b77-a226-074eb6a1b82d

[Henry J Cobb]

wrote:
> These include Ship-launched versions that use the rocket
> motor and airframe from Evolved Sea Sparrow.
> Which basically makes it an Evolved Sea Sparrow with an
> AMRAAM seeker head. See:
>
> http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3ae20a9189-7650-4b77-a226-074eb6a1b82d

Don't you have to delete the Medium Range term if you're not firing it
from on high?

ASAM I am.

-HJC

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On Jul 24, 12:35 am, Henry J Cobb > wrote:
> wrote:
> > These include Ship-launched versions that use the rocket
> > motor and airframe from Evolved Sea Sparrow.
> > Which basically makes it an Evolved Sea Sparrow with an
> > AMRAAM seeker head. See:
>
> >http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController...
>
> Don't you have to delete the Medium Range term if you're not firing it
> from on high?
>
> ASAM I am.
>
> -HJC

Since Evolved Sea Sparrow has a rang of approx 50km, (more than IHAWK
or Standard SM-1) doesn't it qualify as an area-defense system now, as
opposed to a point defense system?

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On Jul 24, 9:02 am, wrote:
> On Jul 24, 12:35 am, Henry J Cobb > wrote:
>
> > wrote:
> > > These include Ship-launched versions that use the rocket
> > > motor and airframe from Evolved Sea Sparrow.
> > > Which basically makes it an Evolved Sea Sparrow with an
> > >AMRAAMseeker head. See:
>
> > >http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController...
>
> > Don't you have to delete the Medium Range term if you're not firing it
> > from on high?
>
> > ASAM I am.
>
> > -HJC
>
> Since Evolved Sea Sparrow has a rang of approx 50km, (more than IHAWK
> or Standard SM-1) doesn't it qualify as an area-defense system now, as
> opposed to a point defense system?

No one?

[David E. Powell]

On Jul 23, 11:51 pm, wrote:
> These include Ship-launched versions that use the rocket
> motor and airframe from Evolved Sea Sparrow.
> Which basically makes it an Evolved Sea Sparrow with an
> AMRAAM seeker head. See:
>
> http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController...

Oh, that bottom photo withthe 4 + 4 launcher (4 AMRAAM and 4 Aim-9x)
is just cool.

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On Aug 15, 11:12 pm, "David E. Powell" >
wrote:
> On Jul 23, 11:51 pm, wrote:
>
> > These include Ship-launched versions that use the rocket
> > motor and airframe from Evolved Sea Sparrow.
> > Which basically makes it an Evolved Sea Sparrow with an
> > AMRAAM seeker head. See:
>
> >http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController...
>
> Oh, that bottom photo withthe 4 + 4 launcher (4 AMRAAM and 4 Aim-9x)
> is just cool.

Actually, that launcher has only 2 AIM-9X.