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Subject: A-6 Intruder
Lawman    6/16/2006 4:40:38 AM
It has to be one of the finest naval aircraft ever built, but a question occurs. Whenever the warload of the A-6 is specified, it seems to be quoted as being 28 x Mk82s, yet there are plenty of pictures of them carrying 30 - presumably the weight is the reason, since wartime allows relaxation of normal limits. Any other explanations?
 
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AQ Mad Doc    Response to GPS/JDAM   5/18/2010 8:20:00 PM
The A-6E had LG weapons as well. Not to mention FLIR for non-visual tgts or non-radar detectable and known as the TRAM config when used in conjunction with the Radar. Where do you suppose the idea for JDAM came from?  She made all weapons dumb or not into all weather munitions as the Intruder was an All Weather plane. Not for 'Fair Weather' pilots.  She could also carry nukes and the only other bird to carry more weapons the the Intruder was the B-52.  I'm sure she could still out bomb an F/A 18.
 
Still Proud to be a Boomer AQ (VA-165)
 
 
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