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  1. Dilandu

    MIM-72 Chaparral with head-on engagement capability

    The major disadvantage of the MIM-72 Chaparral (initially) was its inability to engage jet aircraft head-on. The AIM-9D "Sidewinder", on which its missiles were based, could not lock on target from this aspect. While it wasn't a major disadvantage for a AAM, it was a big hindrance for SAM, since...
  2. C

    Alternate Radar System for the M247 Sergeant York?

    Among the many reasons for the failure of the problematic Ford Aerospace M247 Sergeant York was the unreliability of its tracking radar system. The M247 Sergeant York's tracking radar was a modified version of the Westinghouse AN/APG-66 from the F-16 Fighting Falcon (see below). Westinghouse...
  3. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    Shillelagh II 105mm supersonic ATGM

    Source: View: https://mobile.twitter.com/DevinAshwell/status/1536098880357548033 Does anybody know anything about this missile?
  4. eshelon

    Multipurpose Chaparral.

    Chaparral 2000/Roadrunner/Advanced Chaparral/Chaparral Chassis Service Life Extension Program (CCSLEP)/LAV MPLS (MultiPurpose Launcher System)/Chapfire /1/ 1999 report by "Forecast International" Chaparral III?. Loral, along with other companies, was trying to interest the US Army and other...
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