Super Hornets: I don't get it

Growler is supposed to be HARM equipped also
"Mike Kanze" wrote in message . ..
Ed,

Growler, Prowler and Raven are NOT Wild Weasels. Weasels are NOT jammers. Weasels are hunter/killers.

Small point, but IIRC the current EA-6B is HARM-equipped/capable. That would make it a "weasel," n'est-ce pas?

True that in its very early deployments (very end of the VN era) the EA-6B Prowler had no offensive capability. At that time, the "Weasel" role ("Iron Hand" to the VN era US Navy) was performed for carrier-based airwings by the SHRIKE and Standard ARM equipped A-6B.

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"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message ...
On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:11:24 GMT, "Praetorian"
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"David Moss" wrote in message
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You don't send strikers in on their own. That's what EW is for. Did you
know that there is a Wild Weasel version of the Super Hornet going into
production. (The EA18G "Growler") that will replace the EA6 Prowler and
the (now retired) EF111 Raven.

Growler, Prowler and Raven are NOT Wild Weasels. Weasels are NOT
jammers. Weasels are hunter/killers.

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