I think all current fighters have both guns and missiles? I know the F/A-18 has both.
F-4 Phantom was another "missiles only" fighter, and I think engagements in Mig alley convinced fighter designers that missiles are nice, but guns are required. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On August 17, 2015 12:22:54 AM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> On August 16, 2015 at 2:47 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes ><mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> Sounds like the drones were abut as reliable as the rockets they >attempted to >> shoot it down with… > >Imagine if it were a manned, armed MiG taking evasive action on its way >to >attack something important. >That's what those two fighter pilots were on standby for, isn't it? > >Mitch. > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
