Re: GMS Air

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Andrew Martin wrote:

> Actually both Los and Ryan are right. Ryan's talking about the older
> laser guided Hellfire, while Los is talking about MMW Hellfire, which
> is Fire and Forget.

Ahh, I knew I was forgetting sommat. Is MMW hellfire SARH or ARH?

> I would much rather shoot jets with Sidewinder, 

Sidewinder has the annular fragmentation warhead qued by the (IR, HF 
radio or Laser depends on your AIM-9 Flavor) proximity that is going to 
deal with a fast mover much better (Hellfire has a HEAT warhead and no 
proximity fuse). I doubt Hellfire has the energy at range to deal with a

figher in a fast/tight turn. 

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