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Subject:
F-22 Modified For Ballistic Missile Defense
mustang22
6/17/2009 10:54:29 AM
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Fighters eyed for ballistic missile defense
By Sam LaGrone - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Jun 16, 2009 17:38:41 EDT
The Air Force wants to look at arming fighter jets to shoot down ballistic missiles, according to a letter from Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz to the head of the Defense Department?s Missile Defense Agency.
The June 2 letter from Schwartz, addressed to the MDA director, Army Lt. Gen. Patrick O?Reilly, called for a study of arming F-15s and F-16s, and possibly F-22s and F-35s, with specialized munitions under a concept dubbed Air Launched Hit-to-Kill.
Schwartz said a 2008 war game, based in the European theater in 2020, piqued the interest of the Air Force to study the ALHK concept.
?This examination indicated several ALHK approaches may be operationally suitable for employment from Air Force fighters,? Schwartz wrote.
An accompanying white paper said the growing threat of increasing ballistic missiles in smaller nations could outstrip the military?s ability to overcome a missile attack.
The ALHK strategy would have roving packs of fighters, along with a support network of tankers and reconnaissance and radar aircraft to intercept missiles in rapidly established protection zones.
The paper said the mission could be carried out by F-16s and F-15s, with more study need to explore the possibility of equipping F-35s and F-22s. The fighters would be armed with two types of missiles that could bring down ballistic missiles in their launch phase or from higher in the atmosphere.
I have brought up the cruise missile defense in the past, but wouldn't the F-22 be better suited to ABM defense better than legacy fighters due to its kinematic performance? |
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