June 1, 201115 yr From Jane's [excerpt] US to retain SLAMRAAM for emergency useBy Daniel Wasserbly 5/31/2011 The US Army is to retain several Surface-Launched Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) air-defence systems for emergency use after deciding not to take the programme into production. The system combines the fire-and-forget Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile with several vehicle launcher options, the ThalesRaytheonSystems Sentinel radar and a fire distribution centre. A service-wide portfolio review process led the army to determine it would not buy production SLAMRAAMs; however, it still plans to fund the effort next year and complete system development.
June 1, 201115 yr The article and related articles sounds strangely like sanity... I'm all for keeping the capability around. I'd really like to see actual production but waiting in the wings is better than nothing.
June 8, 201115 yr I'm still confused by the Army's approach to air defense... As far as I can tell, it boils down to "Let the USAF do it". Which is great until they don't... Then you're double frakked by the gaps in coverage caused by... I don't know, acquisiton of small numbers of high end fighters.
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