Odds and ends.

[pmulcahy11b]

7-round Hydra-70 launcher. What does that have to do with air defense? You'd be lucky to hit a fast moving target with an unguided rocket -- the Air force found that out in the 1960s. Though there is that experimental guided Hydra-70 rocket, come to think of it...maybe they're developing an AAA version of it.

...or, increase its utility in a ground support role.

[Dog 6]

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hta.../20100917.aspx


Guided 70mm rockets are not a new thing, they work very well but only vs ground targets

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Dog 6

Guided 70mm rockets are not a new thing, they work very well but only vs ground targets

Here's a question -- doesn't adding a guidance package to a rocket technically make it a missile?

[Dog 6]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Here's a question -- doesn't adding a guidance package to a rocket technically make it a missile?

imo yes

[Rockwolf66]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

7-round Hydra-70 launcher. What does that have to do with air defense? You'd be lucky to hit a fast moving target with an unguided rocket -- the Air force found that out in the 1960s. Though there is that experimental guided Hydra-70 rocket, come to think of it...maybe they're developing an AAA version of it.

...or, increase its utility in a ground support role.

The Ground support role does seem to be the nitch of such a modification.