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F18 HARM shooters on 1986 Libya Raid?

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Griz882

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piston said:
No, I am not interested of AGM-88 itself... It is well known weapon, many had been expended, a lot of them finished in enemy hands...


My question is how A-7 pilots were searching their HARM targets - did they count only on their RWR (ALR-45), or had a better situational awareness, like having the radar picture from their HARM on AN/APQ-126 display... According some memoirs, in Desert Storm A-7 already used TOO mode and Pre-Briefed mode of HARM launch, but was that available in 1986, when clashes over Gulf of Sidra....

It looks like A-7 was pretty complicated frame, as it has AGM-45/88 capabilities long before some other frames....
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piston said:
No, I am not interested of AGM-88 itself... It is well known weapon, many had been expended, a lot of them finished in enemy hands...


My question is how A-7 pilots were searching their HARM targets - did they count only on their RWR (ALR-45), or had a better situational awareness, like having the radar picture from their HARM on AN/APQ-126 display... According some memoirs, in Desert Storm A-7 already used TOO mode and Pre-Briefed mode of HARM launch, but was that available in 1986, when clashes over Gulf of Sidra....

It looks like A-7 was pretty complicated frame, as it has AGM-45/88 capabilities long before some other frames....
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If you’re making a SAM simulator for fun, as a hobby, like a computer game, well then it doesn’t really matter because the game can be just as fun with made-up parameters. Nobody cares if “X-Wing vs. TIE fighter” has unrealistic weapons systems or TTPs in it.

If you’re making a SAM simulator that requires hyper-realistic or true-to-life parameters… the only people who would need that simulator are nation states with military air forces. Civilian and commercial aircraft don’t need hyper-realistic SAM targeting parameters and TTPs… they just fly around the area on the map where shooting is happening… and they don’t carry HARMs/ordnance.
 
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piston said:
No... The guy that made that SIM is Hpasp (he is Hungarian), and he finished his job, now moving to another project...

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I just enjoyed playing it and do some research..... Just wanted to prove to keystone cops here, that I have some researches even before my registration here...

My question is not related to the Sim at all.... It is a more general and related to A-7.... As WWeasel (dedicated SEAD) evolved from F-100/105/4G;EA-6/16CJ;18G), other platforms had those ARM (-45/-88), but with some basic self defense mode....

But A-7 not only was maybe the first aircraft launching HARM in test program, had it it first in real battle, but also (according this book: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiGrrrtouD5AhUXX_EDHfmDDXkQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Units-1975-1991-Combat-Aircraft/dp/1472840631&usg=AOvVaw3KSJSCqQ373FPOfvbdrYe4) had opportunity to use them in pre-briefed mode, also in TOO mode....

A-4 was not modernized to carry AGM-88 at all, not sure how capable were A-6 or 18C/D, still A-7 is like first choice in NAVY (behind Prowler, of course...)...
So I thought I could find some quality opinion - confirmation or denial of that theory.... But it appears that people with real A-7 bio are away of this topic/forum. Only hilarious suspicions so far....
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Ukrainian MiG-29s Are Firing AGM-88 Anti-Radiation Missiles

The Pentagon has now confirmed sending AGM-88 missiles to Ukraine and that they have been integrated onto the country's MiG-29s.
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Ivan, we know why you're here. The secret is this: HARMs really love Ukrainian folk music. That's it. Just like the Curiosity rover sings "happy birthday" to itself, HARMs sing "Hej Sokoly" all the way to the target.

 
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