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"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message news On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:33:30 -0400, Air Force Jayhawk wrote: On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:23:33 -0600, Scott Ferrin wrote: AIM-9X "Integration of the missile on the Lockheed Martin F/A-22, which requires internal carriage of the missile, has been delayed at least until the spiral three (developmental) stage of the program around 2011." SEVEN Y-E-A-R-S???? What's the holdup? They've already fired guided -9Ms. AIM-9X is a whole new animal with it's High off boresight capability. Yeah, I understand all that but seven years? Doesn't that seem a tad excessive? It may just be a priority issue. Currently, air to mud is more important that air to air in terms of threats and missions. The off-axis AAMs are here now but AIM-120 is thought to meet most requirements and we don't currently have an opponent with both the aircraft and weapons to stress that solution. China may be a position to do so in 8-10 years but not now. Russia has the technology and may recover economically in 10-15 years but not now. |
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