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Sea Harrier FA.2 ALARM anti-radiation missile loadout #2065

Closed Anon9944 closed 2 years ago

Anon9944 commented 2 years ago

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DB3K

User(s)

Aircraft 257, Aircraft 1148

Weapons Carried

Requires Buddy Illumination

No

Default Combat Radius (nm)

385nm

Weather Restrictions

All-Weather

Time-of-Day Restrictions

Day & Night

Capable of Quick Turnaround

Yes

Comments

SEAD loadout

Sources

https://navalairhistory.com/2012/10/15/sea-harriers-in-the-med-1995/

"The FA.2 could also carry the AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile, the Sea Eagle anti-ship missile and the ALARM anti-radiation missile."

https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/fa2-sea-harrier/

"The Sea Harrier can carry the MBDA ALARM anti-radiation missile,"

FrangibleCover commented 2 years ago

https://www.armadainternational.com/2021/03/when-they-sounded-the-alarm/

"MBDA’s statement put the lack of export success down to the fact that ALARM had only been integrated on one airframe, the Panavia Tornado, compared to competing weapons like the AGM-88 which could outfit a plethora: “This made it a challenge to export, despite its advantages and proven operational capability.”"

Unfortunately, ALARM was never used operationally on Sea Harrier. It was trialled, but never funded for proper integration due to the budget cuts of the 90s. This loadout is what would be used if the ALARM was carried, and I think it would be cleared for service in the event that it was operationally required, but it was never actually flown.

bostonmyk commented 2 years ago

Yeah Alarm was never integrated operationally. Looked into this a couple times.