A few days ago, photos of the U.S. Naval Air Forces F/A-18F Super Hornet naval fighter carrying a new missile appeared on the Internet. The new version of the “Standard-6” series of air defense missiles, known as the “Standard-6 Dual2” missile, has been released.
The U.S. VX-31 “Sand Demon” Test and Evaluation Squadron’s F/A-18F “Super Hornet” naval fighter is in full view (Photo from: Internet)
In this photo appears in the F/A-18F “Super Hornet” naval fighter, under the U.S. Naval Air Forces VX-31 “Sand Demon” test and evaluation squadron. The unit’s main responsibility is for the U.S. Naval Air Forces, testing a variety of new weapons and equipment. At the same time, combined with the fact that the photo was taken in 2018, and the information released by the foreign media around that year, it can be said with certainty that the “Standard-6” mounted on the F/A-18F “Super Hornet” naval fighter The newest version of the “Dual2” is a new version of the “Standard-6”, which has been in testing for a long time.
The AIM-120 series of medium and long range air-to-air missiles do not meet the operational needs of the U.S. Naval Air Forces (Photo: Internet)
The AIM-120 series of medium-range air-to-air missiles are not well suited to the operational needs of the U.S. Naval Air Forces. The latest version of the AIM-120 series of medium-range air-to-air missiles has an effective range of 150 kilometers or less. The AIM-120 series of medium-range air-to-air missiles have an effective range of 150 kilometers.
The U.S. Navy has been trying to develop a longer-range air-to-air missile to meet its future operational needs.
The newest version of the “Standard-6” Dual2 air-to-air missile is a new generation of ultra-long-range air-to-air missile developed to meet the future air combat needs of the U.S. Naval Air Forces. From the current information, the “Standard-6” Dual2 air-to-air missile eliminates the MK72 solid rocket booster of the previous “Standard-6” series of air defense missiles, thus, the length of its body from the previous “Standard-6” series of air defense missiles from the 6 to the 6. “series of air defense missiles to 4.5 meters, the launch weight also from the previous “Standard-6” series of air defense missiles 1.497 tons reduced to about 0.8 tons, so that it is also more suitable for naval fighter mounts, at the same time, considering that it is launched from the air, so The actual range of the missile is also said to reach more than 200 kilometers, as for other aspects of the bomb, it is similar to the previous “Standard-6” series of air defense missiles, for example, both use the “inertial guidance + mid-range command correction + end-range active radar / semi-active radar-seeking The newest version of the “Standard-6” series of anti-aircraft missiles is the “Standard-6” series of anti-aircraft missiles, which are equipped with a 115-kg MK125 high explosive fragmentation warhead and have the ability to attack land and sea targets in addition to a variety of air targets.
The U.S. Standard-6 Dual2 air-to-air missile has a significantly shorter length than the previous Standard-6 series of air defense missiles (Photo from: Internet)
The new generation of the U.S. Navy’s ultra-long-range air-to-air missile, called the “Standard-6” Dual2, has a very good overall performance, and once it is equipped with the U.S. Navy’s naval fighters in the future, it is bound to improve the U.S. Navy’s air force’s ability to attack various types of air targets on the opponent’s side in future air battles. Long-range interception capability. However, because the “Standard-6” Dual2 air-to-air missile is still large, it is not suitable for mounting in the built-in bomb bay of the F-35C stealth naval fighter, so it, the future carrying the “Standard-6” Dual2 missile The main model is still the F/A-18E/F two “Super Hornet” naval fighter. For the moment, the U.S. Naval Air Forces BLOCK3 version of the F/A-18E/F two “Super Hornet” ship-based fighters can carry four “Standard-6” Dual2 missiles and six AIM-120D air-to-air missiles to lift off. The F/A18E/F and F/A18E/F Super Hornets can carry four Standard-6 Dual2 missiles and six AIM-120D air-to-air missiles into the air and still achieve a combat radius of 800 kilometers with the help of fuselage conformal fuel tanks and one large belly fuel tank.
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