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Originally Posted by HistoricalDavid
The AA-2 Atoll is basically the Sidewinder - i.e. a small missile with a pretty small fragmentation warhead. A better example would be a AIM-54 (135lb warhead) or even an S-200 (474lb warhead), but even those would leave wreckage.
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Not surprising, since its a direct copy.
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Originally Posted by hello
It armed the F-101 Voodoo and F-89 Scorpion too. What has that got to do with it? Their interception missions would also have taken place somewhere near friendly territiory, risking effects on population.
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That had nothing to do with anything. If they were launching on an intercept mission vs Soviet bombers, what do you think we would assume was loaded inside those bombers? They would be brought down by any means necessary. The effects of a small nuclear-tipped AAM would be CONSIDERABLY less than the effects of a nuclear payload.
10-08-2006, 11:45 AM
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