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As a happy new owner of AMT/ERTL F-15 ASAT 'Satellite Killer' in 1/72 I will appreciate any photographic/graphic references of ASM-135 missile and its F-15 carriers. Thank you!
Barry,Barrington Bond said:Hasegawa did release a very limited edition of an F15 with a resin ASAT and ESCI released a 1/72 one which I have buried away somewhere. It would take time to dig out the instruction book for that to see if it is useful...
Jeffry Fontaine said:Sorry, but that is not possible at this time, I have no access to a scanner or a digital camera.
flateric said:Did ever tried to search?
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1723.0.html
Check also Flickr and other image sharing servers for museum photos - there are much, for example, http://flickr.com/search/?q=asat+missile&m=text
http://www.defenseimagery.mil/ has many hi-res photos of ASAT tests as well.
Lockon said:would you be so kind to post the instructions from the kit and some photos of the ASAT missile
flateric said:If you will look for the average flight time for an ballistic missile from point A to point B you will see that such an ABM system is just will have no time to start to work - otherwise, you are going to have thousands of F-15 ASATs loitering around (even if we will dismiss problems with MIRV targeting/selection/kill problems)?
De Guise said:Hi, no I don't think it's impossible:
Between alarm by DSP satellites and strike by warhead there are 30-45 minutes.
If , in time of DEFCON 2, the USA mantains their fighters ready for take off with the ASAT,
they have time to take off and reach their targets, guided by NORAD x-band radars
Midcourse defence is a big window for action.
Plus, Time work with you because you can discriminate between real targets and decoys.
It's unplausible that all enemy warheads are destroyed, but a system like this would save surely 50-60% of the targets
especially in conjuction with patriot SAMs
I give you an hint: for me this cover up is repeating again, now , with the projects of an AIM-120 ASAT.
A single fighter can carry many AIM-120, all the airplanes are certified for launch of this missile, and with modern datalinks
every plane can make the work of the dedicated F-15 ASAT!
De Guise said:HI all, my first post here, albeit a longtime lurker, so , be kind!
I've searched the site and there aren't threads on vought ASAT used as an ABM
My question is: is possible that the use as an ASAT was a cover-up foran ABM?
De Guise said:My question is: is possible that the use as an ASAT was a cover-up foran ABM?
Yeah, I heard about the possibility of a type of multi-warhead Spartan design.RyanCrierie said:Actually, your question is not as stupid as it sounds; since there apparently was considerable cross-over between ABM/ASAT.
I've been trying to dig up more information various early hit to kill technology -- Vought was a leader, apparently developing it through the Homing Intercept Technology (HIT) programme in the middle 1970s, which was apparently intended to MIRV the Spartan ABM
Why were multi-warhead ABM's outlawed?once MIRVed ABMs were outlawed by the ABM treaty
So basically an ABM seeker ended up being developed for an ASAT system?technology floated around trying to find a new application.
21 Jan 1984 at Edwards - The first launch of an ASAT missile from an F-15 took place over the Pacific Ocean. The anti-satellite missile was launched at a specified point in space; no actual target was involved. (Undated Edwards History Office file photo of F-15 with ASAT)