ComDev -> RE: Thread for DB3000 database problems, updates or issues (6/13/2014 9:27:15 AM)
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ORIGINAL: dillonkbase nothing concrete on the APAM date, but "Since the Dublin meeting, the United States has clarified its cluster munitions policy, reiterating that the weapons have military utility against massed formations as well as dispersed and moving targets and stating that by 2018 it will not use weapons with a failure rate of 1 percent or greater. Critics have called into question the reliability of tested failure rates and called on the United States and other major cluster weapons possessors to join the CCM. Within the CCW, member states have considered some limitations on the use of certain cluster munitions, but the last draft text still recognized the military utility of the weapons." https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2008_12/CCM Sorry for the lack of details here... It does seem like the Smooth SBD loadout is 8 internal GBU-53 along with 2 aim-120. "All versions of the F-35 will also be able to carry eight GBU-53/Bs and two AMRAAMS in the internal weapons bay. " http://www.defense-update.com/products/s/sdb_2_25082010.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DefenseUpdate+%28Defense+Update%29&utm_content=Google+Reader http://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2260 Using the BRU-61/A bomb rack you can pack 4 SDB per external hardpoint, and here's some info about its damage capability "Although the SDB is significantly smaller than existing bombs, its warhead is still adequate for many typical targets. E.g. its steel and concrete penetration capability is similar to that of the much larger 2000 lb BLU-109/B warhead." http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app5/sdb.html Not sure what the best way to figure out actual load-outs is, but hopefully this is enough evidence to build some SDB loadouts for the F-35... And perhaps one of those would be... 8 internal SDB, 2 internal Aim-120, 2 external AARGM, +fuel tanks? +Aim9x? +more Aim120? quote:
here... It does seem like the Smooth SBD loadout is 8 internal GBU-53 along with 2 aim-120. "All versions of the F-35 will also be able to carry eight GBU-53/Bs and two AMRAAMS in the internal weapons bay. " I haven't been able to find any evidence that suggests Super Bugs would fly with combined ARM & PGMs operationally. The roles (and weapons) are split between multiple aircraft. Feel free to prove me wrong though. Haven't been able to find any info that suggests AGM-88 (any version) will be integrated on the F-35 any time soon, either [8D] If we were to make any changes it would be to remove the APAM loadout from the latest F/A-18 variants. The F-35 will not carry any CBUs as far as I can tell. Fair?
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