Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Better than clubbing baby seals

Again from the StrategyPage.  The US millitary will be fielding yet another upgrate to the AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile called the AMRAAM-D.  The new missile will incorporate a data-link which will allow the missile to report back it's status to the pilot and enable the pilot to "see" what the missile radar "sees".  It will also allow the pilot to engage targets that outside of his normal field of view, such as engaging an enemy aircraft which was behind the pilot and moving into position for a tail shot.  Before these improvements, engaging enemy aircraft with the AIM-120 was described as easy as "clubbing baby seals", so after the improvements, it will now be "better than clubbing baby seals".  Looks like even Brigitte Bardot can't save those "baby seals" now.

 

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