ASRAAM on F3
Jimlad et al,
ASRAAM (AIM-132) and AMRAAM (AIM-120B) were both integrated onto the Tornado ADV by BAE under the Capability Sustainment Programme (CSP) back in '99, resulting in Avionic System Standard 06 (ASS06). ADV system development did not stop there.
I missed hearing the report that started the original debate but having read the starter post I followed the thread back; the more I read the greater my disbelief that anyone who gets paid as a 'defence correspondant' can publish such utter cr@p and get away with it.
Up until mid 2002 when I left the UK only one AMRAAM firing had been carried out - a single, unguided safe separation shot by BAE required to prove that CSP worked.