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Re: "real" weapons tech thread (was: cou

From: Ludo Toen <Ludo.Toen@p...>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 04:25:36 -0500
Subject: Re: "real" weapons tech thread (was: cou

Adam Delafield wrote:

> And this weeks Jane's has an article on FAMRAAM. A fire and forget
> medium ranged missile being developed by everyone except the US.
> Specifically to be the primary armament on the EF-2000. So the
> EF-2000 will effectively be a cargo plane for an unmanned suicide
> fighter. (When do you separate unmanned aircraft from missile
> anyway?)

Aircraft have a tendency to return to their base (ignoring Kamikaze for
convenience) while missiles...

Ludo

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