"Did Russia Just Conduct an ASAT Test?" Topic
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| Mako11 | 24 Dec 2016 12:53 a.m. PST |
Seems as if Russia may have just conducted an anti-satellite missile test: link Things certainly are interesting. |
| Lion in the Stars | 24 Dec 2016 9:35 a.m. PST |
Meh. They've had a operational ASAT since the 1970s. I think the US needs to dust off the ASM-135 ASAT, modify it for use by the F22. Either that or modify the SM3 for air launch (and still using the first-stage booster from the ship-launched version) to get even greater altitude capability. |
| Mako11 | 24 Dec 2016 9:45 a.m. PST |
A pity they're destroying all those F4 Phantoms. They'd be great for launching ASAT missiles. |
| David Manley | 24 Dec 2016 1:56 p.m. PST |
Didn't they launch ASATs from an F15? |
| darthfozzywig | 24 Dec 2016 2:28 p.m. PST |
^^ They did in Red Storm Rising. ;) |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 24 Dec 2016 7:05 p.m. PST |
Didn't they launch ASATs from an F15? Yes. It had to be launched at high altitude near the limit of the Eagle's service ceiling. The Russians preferred Hunter-Killer satellites in the '80's. I think this is a test for an ABM. |
| Lion in the Stars | 24 Dec 2016 10:23 p.m. PST |
@Mako: The ASM135 was designed and built to be launched from a modified F15. They had to strip the gun out to install a liquid helium dewar bottle to cool the IR sensors, but I think we could get away without that today. Doesn't look like the F22 has a belly pylon station, though, so we'd need to use something else. Maybe an F35, or we could just use F15s still. After all, F15s will still be in service for another decade or more, and the assembly line is still going so we could get new ones if we had to. |
| doug redshirt | 29 Dec 2016 10:14 a.m. PST |
Don't forget that the Air Force has that secrect project space plane. I think it's cargo hold is big enough for a missile or two to clear out pesty satellites or even carry observation equipment to cover satellite gaps. |
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