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Supersonic AMRAAM Success
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 The F/A-22 Raptor completed a key flight test goal last November by successfully launching a radar-guided AIM-120 AMRAAM to intercept an AQM-37 unmanned drone while both aircraft and target flew supersonic. During this first-of-a-kind test, Maj. James Dutton launched the unarmed missile from the Raptor at 35,000 feet above the Pacific Missile Test Range to the target approaching from the front at 50,000 feet. Post-flight analysis showed the AMRAAM passed within lethal range of the drone modified to emulate the radar cross-section of a small conventional fighter aircraft. The AMRAAM was equipped with telemetry and GPS instrumentation to help determine missile accuracy. |
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