Heads-up fighter dudes — all those years of shooting at hapless drones may soon be over:
Comes word, courtesy Defense Industry Daily that the QF-4 may be getting a new capability — to bite back:
Yep — that’s a QF-4 firing the missile, an unmanned QF-4. No word on if it’s an AAM or ASM (article notes that initial releases said it was a HARM, but those references have subsequently been pulled back), so our SWO buds better not be chuckling too hard yet either…
’tis been a while since Spaceman Spiff has made an appearance, so… Happy weekend …
Well, despite the best efforts of the distaff side yesterday with an unplanned site mod to the den (which we wrapped up in the wee-hours of the night with the last a/v cable re-zip-tied in place, btw) – plan on seeing some major changes around here with the New Year. Fear not – the favorites…
Will be interested to see how this plays out — similar initiative to have vets salute during the playing of the National Anthem vice placing hand over heart hasn’t seen much participation, ‘least from YHS’ observation. On another note — light blogging this weekend as YHS is off to a friend’s retirement in Norfolk tomorrow…
So Scribe – just how much fun was it swapping out formats, diddling with php and css while making those "minor" changes to the new theme? Let’s let Daffy do the talking:
(11 NOV) UPDATE: Final Day for the drive has been pushed to the right — now 12 NOV! While there has been good-natured snarking aplenty between and betwixt the four teams, we still shouldn’t lose sight of what this is all about. Quoted below is a letter received today which elegantly drives the point home. …
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The USAF release I looked at (just now) seemed to indicate that it was a new high speed anti-radiation AGM associated with a Navy program. That would seem to indicate something associated with the HSAD, as this Ares article states.
Mike- from your article: “HSAD combines the seeker head and guidance electronics of the AGM-88 HARM with a wingless airframe and a ramjet propulsion system.”
The missile in the picture is not “wingless”… and I actually think it might be a Standard ARM. But I am not sure.