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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (Richard Welty)
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Subject: Re: infrared and interceptors
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Date: 16 Aug 89 06:17:10 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (Richard Welty)

In article <26728@amdcad.AMD.COM>, Jeff Medcalf writes: 
*From: jeffm@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff Medcalf)
*>From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (Richard Welty)
*>they got obsoleted before our time; but there were a few nuclear
*>tipped AAMs; my recollection is that there was an F-101 variant
*>specialized to carry such a missle (perhaps named ``Genie''?)

*AIR-2A Genie.  It was simply a rocket with a blast radius of 1.5 miles (?)
*which was fired in the direction of the target.  I think it was command fused.
*The F-102 and F-106 could carry one each in addition to two Falcon missiles.
*The F-101 never carried, to my knowledge, the AIR-2.  BTW, F-101?  Maybe I am
*thinking of the CF-101.  Is there a difference between the Voodoo and the CF101?

there were a number of Voodoo variants; some were reconnaissance, some
were fighter-bombers, and the F-101B was an interceptor, which could carry
2 Genie rockets (i checked my references the other night, and found that
they were rather spotty about the F-101, but one listed the design
armaments for the individual models, and shows the 101B with an interceptor
load.  the same reference shows the 106 carrying 2 Genie rockets and
2 Falcons, but the 102 as carrying only Falcons.)

*No, it was rational.  The entire system was almost humanless.

well, it depends on what you consider rational.

*  SAGE computers
*directed the aircraft and SAM's.  The humans simply OKd the use of the weapons
*and the system did the rest.

from this viewpoint, i could only partially agree -- it depends on
your view of the issue of taking the human `out of the loop', which
is a very, very touchy issue.

*  In fact, F-102's or F-106's (I forget which) can
*perform their mission without a pilot on board.

it was the 106 that could operate entirely under SAGE control.
note that the pilot still had to be around to land the aircraft.

richard
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