Cause for ALARM?
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RAF retires ALARM missile ? FighterControl ? Home to the Military Aviation Enthusiast
The link relates to a report on another website quoting a Janes article about retirement of the Alarm missile from the RAF inventory. I didn't really know what to think of this: is it another shocking retirement in the pursuit of economies before requirements or is it the timely passing of a system that has had its day?
What do the knowledgeable folks think about this?
(I couldn't find a reference to this already having been raised on PPRuNe, but if I have duplicated a post, apologies.)
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The link relates to a report on another website quoting a Janes article about retirement of the Alarm missile from the RAF inventory. I didn't really know what to think of this: is it another shocking retirement in the pursuit of economies before requirements or is it the timely passing of a system that has had its day?
What do the knowledgeable folks think about this?
(I couldn't find a reference to this already having been raised on PPRuNe, but if I have duplicated a post, apologies.)
LF
Thought ALARM went donkeys ago, for the sake of AGM-65 on the then JFH and for the likes of Brimstone and Storm Shadow?
Not even too sure if HARM is used / carried much nowadays across the pond?
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Not even too sure if HARM is used / carried much nowadays across the pond?
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Originally Posted by chopper2004
Not even too sure if HARM is used / carried much nowadays across the pond?
Wasn't ALARM supposed to be replaced by the Dual Mode Brimstone or some such?
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I wouldn't be too happy trying to take out a SAM radar site at a range of seven miles with Brimstone.
I believe the SA-6 has a range of 15 miles, while the SA-2 is about 28 miles.
Something else for us to rely on our 'coalition partners' for, no doubt.
I believe the SA-6 has a range of 15 miles, while the SA-2 is about 28 miles.
Something else for us to rely on our 'coalition partners' for, no doubt.
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Another capability gap! No replacement!
Just wonder about a 'no fly' zone example like in Iraq - where patrolling RAF carried (alarm) in case of being targeted. By the time someone else came in to take out the SAM they will have moved. No fixed SAM loitering in a war zone!
Mind you fits well with no carriers, MPA aircraft lists goes on really. As much as the falklands example is now a bit overdone.... the UK is really going to struggle if we have to go it alone again.
Just wonder about a 'no fly' zone example like in Iraq - where patrolling RAF carried (alarm) in case of being targeted. By the time someone else came in to take out the SAM they will have moved. No fixed SAM loitering in a war zone!
Mind you fits well with no carriers, MPA aircraft lists goes on really. As much as the falklands example is now a bit overdone.... the UK is really going to struggle if we have to go it alone again.
ALARM mock up on Lynx HAS.1
I recall seeing in Paul Beaver's UK Modern Military Missiles book, on the bit about ALARM, there was a photo of a mock ALARM missile on a RN Lynx.
(from above book)
I don't recall any trials, but maybe I was wrong, how far did the FAA look into arming the likes of the Lynx with this missile? Or was it a BAe publicity shot?
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(from above book)
I don't recall any trials, but maybe I was wrong, how far did the FAA look into arming the likes of the Lynx with this missile? Or was it a BAe publicity shot?
Cheers
Last edited by chopper2004; 2nd Jan 2015 at 21:23.
By all accounts I heard it was a good piece of kit. Why not refurb them? Must cheaper than buying new.
Which is swiftly followed by Defence Planning Assumption 1. "Someone Else" will provide Capability [X].
