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Old 07-06-2011, 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
I can't remember the name, but there's a British missile in development which is simply fired into the vicinity of a radar site, flies up and away from the firing aircraft, then pops a parachute and hangs there waiting for a radar burst, at which point it fires a second motor and goes at the radar site.
It's called ALARM and is no longer in development, it's field certified and in active use.
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