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http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2016/september/160913-rms-f-35-and-aegis-combat-system-successfully-demonstrate-integration-potential-in-first-live-missile-test.html
> During the Sept. 12 test, an unmodified U.S. Marine Corps F-35B from the Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, acted as an elevated sensor and detected an over-the-horizon threat.
> The F-35B sent data through the aircraft’s Multi-Function Advanced Data Link (MADL) to a ground station connected to the Aegis Weapon System on the USS Desert Ship (LLS-1), a land-based ship.
> The target was subsequently engaged and intercepted by a Standard Missile 6.
Scuttlebutt says this target was tracked and identified by the APG-81, you can do the same with IRST and EODAS.
All the expensive "Sea Skimming" missiles the Vatniks were crowing on about just became obsolete overnight.
> F-35 BARCAP 200 NM out from the carrier
> IRST/EODAS spots huge hypersonic missile though air friction heat
> cues a hundred missiles from the DDG escorts
> every single AShM intercepted 100 NM from the carrier.
> all without turning the radar on
> During the Sept. 12 test, an unmodified U.S. Marine Corps F-35B from the Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, acted as an elevated sensor and detected an over-the-horizon threat.
> The F-35B sent data through the aircraft’s Multi-Function Advanced Data Link (MADL) to a ground station connected to the Aegis Weapon System on the USS Desert Ship (LLS-1), a land-based ship.
> The target was subsequently engaged and intercepted by a Standard Missile 6.
Scuttlebutt says this target was tracked and identified by the APG-81, you can do the same with IRST and EODAS.
All the expensive "Sea Skimming" missiles the Vatniks were crowing on about just became obsolete overnight.
> F-35 BARCAP 200 NM out from the carrier
> IRST/EODAS spots huge hypersonic missile though air friction heat
> cues a hundred missiles from the DDG escorts
> every single AShM intercepted 100 NM from the carrier.
> all without turning the radar on
