"The Royal Air Force’s Bomber-Killing Bomber...." Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Jul 2018 9:25 p.m. PST |
…Was Just a Dream "In 1976, the British Royal Air Force had a problem. In the event of war, Soviet Backfire bombers flying from Europe could have devastated resupply convoys sailing from the United States to Europe. The RAF needed a warplane with enough range to patrol the vast Atlantic — and enough payload to haul long-range, bomber-killing missiles. Plane-maker Hawker Siddeley suggested adding 12 U.S.-made Phoenix missiles to the Avro Vulcan bomber. The addition would have required extensive modifications to the Vulcan's radar…."
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| StarCruiser | 20 Jul 2018 8:23 a.m. PST |
That concept has some merit and, as noted in the article, has come up again and again. A large bomber sized aircraft, with the capacity to handle a large payload of long range AA missile, and carry a sophisticated electronics suite – would be a potential nightmare… Now, if it could also be very stealthy..? |
| Tango01 | 21 Jul 2018 11:18 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 23 Jul 2018 12:55 p.m. PST |
Came up in the 1980s, too. 'Flight of the Old Dog' and the related Dale Brown stories. Started from B52s, was applied to a couple B1s, and even got applied to B2s. The B-1R regional bomber refit was even applying the ideas in the 2000s. Bigger engines, some beefy radar, all the external pylons modified to only handle conventional weapons, and mostly AAMs at that. (I'd add decoys to the external pylons) |
| Thresher01 | 09 Aug 2018 10:40 p.m. PST |
They're even reconsidering doing that with our B-52s now, linked to one or more F-35s to do the targeting for them. ARHs would be the way to go, to really screw with opponents, since they're fire and forget. Mix in some HOJ ones, just to really mess with the opposition, and then sit back and watch the mayhem. |
| Uparmored | 10 Aug 2018 2:50 a.m. PST |
 ing cool
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| Lion in the Stars | 11 Aug 2018 7:43 p.m. PST |
Apparently, AMRAAMs have a home-on-jam capability. Just for the lulz. |
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