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Subject: AIM-9X LOAL confirmed
Phaid    2/7/2006 11:39:12 AM
AIM-9X in LOAL mode demonstrated in a test simulating firing from a submarine at periscope depth. Pretty interesting.
 
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ArtyEngineer    RE:AIM-9X LOAL confirmed   2/7/2006 11:45:58 AM
Thats pretty cool, but the concept has been around for a while, the UK messed around with it very briefly, I think using the blowpipe SAM.
 
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Phaid    RE:AIM-9X LOAL confirmed   2/7/2006 12:21:05 PM
Oh definitely. The US was supposed to be working on a periscope-mounted Stinger system at one point also. What's nice about this is that it would potentially allow the submarine to fire its missile from under the surface, without a need to raise a periscope and get a lockon before firing. The big thing for me here is mostly that it finally confirms one way or the other whether AIM-9X has a LOAL mode.
 
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Yimmy    RE:AIM-9X LOAL confirmed   2/7/2006 12:31:13 PM
Waste of money.
 
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Professor Fickle    RE:AIM-9X LOAL confirmed   2/7/2006 6:19:15 PM
WHY DONT we USE aim-9X ON A HUMMER LIKE AVENGER OR M2 LINEBAKER? WE ARE USING A PUNI STINGER WITH A 5Lb warhead... wour opoinions please
 
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