Scott Ferrin wrote in message . ..
On 1 Jun 2004 20:05:13 -0700, (WaltBJ) wrote:

A series of sonic booms would sure as hell wake up Pearl Harbor.
Is a Beagle able to carry Harpoons?

The Korean ones will carry the SLAM-ER but the impression I get is
that your standard E can't. AFAIK the B-52 is the only USAF aircraft
that can carry them.

F-15E can carry SLAM ER. In fact, an F-15E is being used to do SLAM
ER integration testing while the F-15K is in work. But there is a lot
of inter-service politics and the Air Force does not want SLAM ER on
F-15E because it is paying a lot of money to develop the similar JASSM
missile. If SLAM ER was put on F-15E, it could be called JSLAM-ER and
Congress might mandate that the superior JSLAM-ER, developed by the
Navy, replace JASSM. The Air Force is still smarting from the Navy's
Tomahawk taking over some of the land attack role, and it doesn't want
the Navy SLAM-ER to repeat that embarassment.

BTW I was one surprised 104 driver when my AIM9B growled nice and loud
at a C47. Coming in from the portside low it had a good look at #1's
exhaust stack. But then it was first conceived as a kamikaze-killer.
Walt BJ