Can the F 16 carry anti-ship missiles?

AFAIK the F-16 AM/BM can’t carry the Harpoon anti-shipping missile. Probably because it’s too heavy, but also because the US doesn’t use air force fighters in the anti-shipping role. The best anti-shipping platform is probably the B-52H. It can monitor huge surfaces in just a couple of hours.

How many Lrasm can an F 18 carry?

The F/A-18 can only carry a pair of LRASMs, for example, and even with the capabilities of an F-35C to draw on, if a carrier had to remain east of Guam due to anti-ship missile threats, a maximum-range LRASM strike would not penetrate far into the Philippine Sea.

Can the f16 carry Harpoon?

The AGM-84 Harpoon was officially cleared on the F-16 on August 11th, 1994. All recent F-16 aircraft (Block 20, 30/32, 40/42, 50/52, and 60) can be made Harpoon-capable.

What replaced the f18?

Just as the F-35C will replace aging F/A-18 Hornets and complement Super Hornets, the F/A-XX will replace aging Super Hornets in the 2030s and complement the F-35C.

What is the Kh-22 missile?

The Kh-22 ( Russian: Х -22; AS-4 ‘Kitchen’) is a large, long-range anti-ship missile developed by MKB Raduga in the Soviet Union. It was intended for use against US Navy aircraft carriers and carrier battle groups, with either a conventional or nuclear warhead .

What is an AS-4 Kitchen missile?

It was the Kh-22 anti-ship missile, designated by NATO as AS-4 Kitchen. This missile was developed to attack the American naval groups at sufficient distance to avoid the naval fighter’s interception, that is, a “stand-off” type weapon.

Which countries use the Tu-22M Backfire missile?

With a range of 592km it is considered as an air launch cruise missile (ALCM), and it is carried by the TU-22M Backfire , TU-22K Blinder and TU-95K Bear.G strategic bombers. This missile still in service with the Russian Air Force and was used by Iraq and Ukraine.

How big is the hole in a Russian missile?

Soviet tests revealed that when a shaped charge warhead weighing 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) was used in the missile, the resulting hole measured 5 m (16 ft) in diameter, 19.6 m 2 (210 sq ft) in area, and was 12 m (40 ft) deep. By August 2016, Russia was finalizing the trials of the Kh-32 cruise missile, a derivative of the Kh-22.