jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jeff Nanis) (04/09/91)
From: jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jeff Nanis) Like the header says... Folks, take it from someone who has worked on the Tomahawk cruise missile. There IS NO AIR-LAUNCHED VARIANT!!! Really. Thus, the A-6E (which can launch smart bombs) cannot launch it. Moving on to another minor thing, re the S-3, just because it can carry Harpoon (which just needs externally supplied targeting data, doesn't imply that it can launch SLAM, which requires the Walleye data-link on the launch aircraft for terminal guidance prior to IR seeker lock-on.
sdragoo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P Dragoo) (04/09/91)
From: sdragoo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P Dragoo) >From: jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jeff Nanis) >Like the header says... Folks, take it from someone who has worked >on the Tomahawk cruise missile. There IS NO AIR-LAUNCHED VARIANT!!! Really. >Thus, the A-6E (which can launch smart bombs) cannot launch it. Wait a minute! What happened to MRASM? I'll admit, they don't call it a Tomahawk, but it IS the same missile. It just doesn't have a nuclear capability. You get your choice of 2 solid warheads(with different guidance packages), or a submunition dispenser with antirunway bomblets. It's called the AGM-109 MRASM(Medium-Range Air-to-Surface Missile). PTW: What's SLAM? I've heard of a submarine-launched version of the British Blowpipe that's called SLAM(used only by the Israelis), but is this the same thing? And why would an AAM need the data link from an ASM? -- The opinions expressed above are protected by US copyright laws. They may be copied by anyone, for any reason. They are also created by me. No one else isresponsible for them, no one else may take credit for them, and no one else canblame Ohio State,
rmack@desire.wright.edu (04/10/91)
From: rmack@desire.wright.edu > From: jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jeff Nanis) > Like the header says... Folks, take it from someone who has worked > on the Tomahawk cruise missile. There IS NO AIR-LAUNCHED VARIANT!!! Really. The Tomahawk II or BGM-109 is designed to launch from a variety of environments including air, ground and sea. The designation "BGM" itself describes a guided missile capable of multiple environment launchings. Although an A-6 is incapable of launching it, the B-52 is quite capable. Bob Mack
gwh@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (04/10/91)
From: gwh@headcrash.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) In article <1991Apr9.030305.2122@amd.com> jeff@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Jeff Nanis) writes: > Like the header says... Folks, take it from someone who has worked >on the Tomahawk cruise missile. There IS NO AIR-LAUNCHED VARIANT!!! Really. >Thus, the A-6E (which can launch smart bombs) cannot launch it. Moving on >to another minor thing, re the S-3, just because it can carry Harpoon (which >just needs externally supplied targeting data, doesn't imply that it can launch >SLAM, which requires the Walleye data-link on the launch aircraft for terminal >guidance prior to IR seeker lock-on. Hate to correct you, but I've seen a number of the TALCM variant, being launched from A-6E's and various test aircraft. Just because you tomhawks doesnt mean you work on _all_ tomhawks 8-) And a nitpick, the SLAM needs the Walleye datalink/guidance pod on a aircraft, not the launch aircraft. In fact, they were being launched by A-6es and guided by A-7s in the Gulf war. (i may have that backwards but don't think so). [ Please keep signatures to a discreet size; these go into a digest too! --CDR] -- George William Herbert gwh@ocf.berkeley.edu gwh@gnu.ai.mit.edu
megazone@wpi.WPI.EDU (Brian Bikowicz) (04/10/91)
From: megazone@wpi.WPI.EDU (Brian Bikowicz) In article <1991Apr10.024411.21061@amd.com> sdragoo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P Dragoo) writes: >PTW: What's SLAM? I've heard of a submarine-launched version of the British >Blowpipe that's called SLAM(used only by the Israelis), but is this the same >thing? And why would an AAM need the data link from an ASM? Standoff Land Attack Missile. It is a land attack missile based on the Harpoon with a tele-optical seeker. It uses the same basic data-link as the Walleye. -- Brian Bikowicz megazone@wpi.wpi.edu
euming@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (Lee Eu-Ming) (04/11/91)
From: euming@mrcnext.uiuc.edu (Lee Eu-Ming) sdragoo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen P Dragoo) writes: >PTW: What's SLAM? I've heard of a submarine-launched version of the British >Blowpipe that's called SLAM(used only by the Israelis), but is this the same >thing? And why would an AAM need the data link from an ASM? Standoff Land Attack Missile. Long range missile capable of being launched by plane #1 outside of enemy territory and guided to target by pilot on plane #2, somewhere else. SLAM missiles have a high quality (well, relatively high quality, considering the circumstances) television camera to broadcast a 'missile-eye view' to the pilot; these also provided some of the more spectacular CNN action shots during the Gulf conflict. Exclusively Navy, I believe.