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Cobra helicopters.
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M61A1 20mm Cannon – The M61A1 is a powered 6-barrel gatling gun that shoot 4,000
to 7,200 rounds of electrically primed 20mm shells per minute. The gun can be powered in one
of three ways: electrically, hydraulically, pneumatically (air driven).
AN/GAU-8 30mm Cannon – The AN/GAU-8 Avenger is a 7-barrel gatling gun that can
fire 3,900 electrically primed 30mm shells per minute. The Avenger fires both PGU-13/B High
Explosive Incendiary (HEI) rounds and PGU-14/B Armor Piercing Incendiary (API) rounds. The
destruction power of the HEI rounds are limited, they can only destroy light skinned vehicles.
The API rounds provide the ability to destroy armored vehicles such as tanks. Each API round
contain over a half pound of depleted uranium (DU). From 4,000 feet a 2-second burst can
incredibly deliver 100 rounds (65 pounds of DU) with an accuracy of 80 percent within 20 feet
of the target.
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Air-to-Air Missiles
Hydra-70 Rocket System – The Hydra-70 is a series of unguided Folding Fin Aerial
Rockets (FFAR). They are designed for close in air support. The 2.75-inch (70mm) rockets are
fired from tubes mounted on either fixed wing aircraft or helicopters. There are 7-tube launchers
which hold 7 rockets and 19-tube launchers that hold 19 rockets. Rockets are equipped with a
wide variety of warheads for varying applications. Some of the various warheads include: 10-
pound and 17-pound anti-personnel high-velocity fragmenting warhead with a kill radius of up to
50 meters; a high explosive warhead for light armored vehicles; a target marking and incendiary
warhead; illumination warhead on a parachute which is capable of illuminating 1 square
kilometer for 100 seconds; a warhead for producing smoke screens; and a flare warhead for
battlefield target illumination.
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AGM-114 Hellfire – The Hellfire is a laser guided short-range air-to-air missile. It is
designed for use against tanks, bunkers and structures. It has a minimum range of 1 mile and a
maximum range of 5 miles. It has a maximum speed of 950 mph. Various models exist with
different warheads for different targets. The Hellfire 2 is an anti-ship model. The Longbow
Hellfire 2 is guided by radar.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder – The Sidewinder is a heat seeking anti-aircraft missile.
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AIM-54 Phoenix Missile – The Phoenix is a long range radar guided missile. It use
semi-active and active radar homing to target aircraft from up to 115 miles. It's maximum speed
is in excess of 3,000 mph and it carries a 135-pound explosive warhead.
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AIM-120 AMRAAM – The AMRAAM is an all-weather new generation medium range
air-to-air missile. It is smaller, lighter and faster than the Sparrow (listed under Naval weapons
systems above) and also has a better guidance system. “Once the missile closes on a target, its
active radar guides it to intercept. This enables the pilot to aim and fire several missiles
simultaneously at multiple targets. The pilot may then perform evasive maneuvers while the
missiles guide themselves to their targets.”
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Munitions and Ground Targeted Missiles
Most modern munitions and air-to-ground missile use high-tech guidance systems that
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