What target are you thinking about for an EA that a bomb can reach that a HARM can't?
-
Please take a moment and update your account profile. If you have an updated account profile with basic information on why you are on Air Warriors it will help other people respond to your posts. How do you update your profile you ask?
Go here:
Edit Account Details and Profile
The Great Growler Gallery
- Thread starter woodman
- Start date
What target are you thinking about for an EA that a bomb can reach that a HARM can't?
There are a few systems that can reach out and touch pretty far, details can be left for SIPRNET. Not only that, bombs can get a hard kill.
Think outside the box young padowan.
How about deep-seated NUKE bunkers ... ??
Bunker buster? The GBU-28 can only be carried by the F-15E I believe. No Navy planes unfortunately.
What Flash said. You'll understand after the first time we plan your HARM stuff.
I've had a HARM intro (which really just taught me to have the prowler bubba's answer all my questions when I have them), but I just couldn't think outside the box. But anyway.
Good advice!
When you learn more about some of the more sophisticated systems out there that we could go up against, you will understand much better. While it is a decent system, the HARM is not the be all, end all when it comes to SEAD. One tool of many to get the job done.
I suspect very little. The jet has way too much shit hanging on it to be any good against even a mildly proficient pilot of a CAT 3 fighter. You'd have to ring the doorbell to even have a chance. Class A anyone? Based on what we saw at the boat, I suspect they're going to have enough BFM experience with the ball... again, so much stuff hanging off that jet the Pax river dudes were providing some wild entertainment behind the boat. We're talking experienced guys too. The fear from the paddles I talked too is going to be the nugget behind the boat on a hot/humid Persian Gulf night. Based on LSO discussion, wasn't on the platform first hand.
Gotta agree with Single Seat.. That airplane is gonna be worth to much cash for them to just give you the keys.. Wouldn't be suprised if they dialed down lots of the limitations as well.. Except for last ditch efforts and such but then again, there are no limitations w/ real last ditch attempts..
I put that in my NATOPS brief. "G-limits for this hop are X, in extremis, we'll pull what we need to survive."
Echo nittany about G limits.
As far as G/airspeed limits, (ignoring the fact that we are FLE limited), the Super Hornet airframe can give and take alot more than the Prowler.
Won't the airspeed limitation be the ALQ-99 RATS? Unless they changed it they were .86/525 kts IIRC
Yep.. the limit is still there. I thought my previous statement had something in there about airspeed and G being limited by the pods, but I guess I was typing in my dreams as well.
What I meant to say was that even though the Super Hornet airframe can go faster and sustain more G, the Growler's limitations are probably similar with stores due to the limits the pods have. I have not dug into a Growler NATOPS to confirm, nor do I plan to.