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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:34:24 GMT, "Mark"
wrote: btw came across some other interesting info wrt this topic. FWIW the missile in question appears to be an AIM-47A (aka GAR-1) Falcon Thanks a bunch! I've Googled several times trying to find it again over the years with no luck. Picture 4 looks like the friggin' thing was launched from SPACE :-) It is. I remember emailing the guy telling him that and explaining the whole thing in detail. (except it's GAR-9) http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-47.html http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/falim47a.htm According to this.... http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works/v05.n180 Had 12/13 'hits' It was 6 of 7. The thing about it as the link above mentions is that they actually began the research even before the Blackbird came along. It was originally designed for the F-108. However if you look at early drawings of the XF-103 (Which the F-108 was designed instead of because the -103 was too far ahead of it's time) there is a missile labeled "GAR-X" which is clearly a drawing of an AIM-47. The AIM-47 was an incredible achievement for it's time and would even be considered so today. In many ways it was better than Phoenix. |
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