Hellfire Replacement

It looks like a replacement for the Hellfire missile is in the works.
See:

http://aviationnow.com/avnow/news/ch...s/jcm03263.xml

"Eric Moore" wrote in message
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It looks like a replacement for the Hellfire missile is in the works.
See:


http://aviationnow.com/avnow/news/ch....jsp?id=news/j
cm03263.xml

Cool stuff. I wonder if it will also replace Brimstone, the British
Hellfire they've had problems* with.

*due to missile exhaust debris striking the vertical stabilizer during
launch.

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Bill Silvey wrote:

Cool stuff. I wonder if it will also replace Brimstone, the British
Hellfire they've had problems* with.

I don't think so, because it only looks like a Hellfire.
But since the article mentiones Hornets, I think it's a
given the US won't buy Brimstone.

*due to missile exhaust debris striking the vertical stabilizer during
launch.

And I've not heard of any launch problems with it. Which
aircraft type is this supposed to have happened on?

(Are you perhaps thinking of the Air to Air Starstreak test
launch(es) from Apache helicopters? (British Apaches will
use Hellfire, not Brimstone.))

http://www.mod.uk/dpa/projects/Brimstone.htm
http://www.eurofighter.starstreak.net/common/AG/brimstone.html

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Some other European missiles under development:

http://www.ets-news.com/guided_weap.htm

BTW, isn't the Brimstone just a Hellfire copy?

Rob

"robert arndt" wrote in message
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Some other European missiles under development:

http://www.ets-news.com/guided_weap.htm

BTW, isn't the Brimstone just a Hellfire copy?


No its a derivative rather than a copy, basically it
has a more advanced millimetre wave radar seeker,
can be pre-programmed with targetting and engagement
information. Additionally its better suited to fast jet
launch than is hellfire.

Keith