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LTVA-7D Corsair II. LTV has proposed the A-7 Plus, an stretched A-7 with an afterburning 25,000lb class fan, as the USAF's interim Close Air Support aircraft replacing the vulnerable A-10A. Modern GAS aircraft such as the Su-25 Frogfoot possess a 1:1 class combat thrust/weight ratio offering the acceleration and turn rates needed to counter battlefield SAMs
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“There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to describe what goes on inside a pilot’s gut when he sees a SAM get airborne. ” Cdr Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham, USN, 5 NVAF MiGs confirmed.
Evading the Guided Missile
Guided missiles are an integral part of modern aerial warfare. In the last three decades, a profusion of types and classes of missiles has emerged, with diverse airframes, guidance and propulsion.
Air-air missiles (AAM) and surface-air missiles (SAM) were once seen as omnipotent weapons sweeping the manned combat aircraft from the skies (or so thought the authors of a certain MoD _White Paper. . . ). Reality has certainly helped to sober some of the most zealous supporters of guided missiles, with many physical demonstrations• ot the various limitations which are inherent in the physics of the respective airframes, powerplants and guidance systems.
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