Voodoo fires AIR-2A missile

[K1w1scot]

Lame



[oddsquad152]

what simulator is this?

[GenieMB1]

The Interceptor didn't fire into the middle of a formation the fire control system was locked onto a specific target. The Genie was not a Missile (no guidance system) it was a ballistic Rocket (AIR-2A) initial designation MB-1.

The Snap-Up launch profile combined with specific aircraft escape maneuver (for the F-101B/F immediately roll inverted, pull through the horizon, roll upright) provided safe separation for the Interceptor crew. F-89 & F-106 had their own maneuver.

[schicktd]

That's not a Voodoo, you Clown!...That's video game...I can only hope that you clowns would start titling your video's right...Video Game F-101 Voodoo fires missle...Get a freckin' life...Lamo!

[RaiderDestroyer]

why in gods name would you need a nuclear Air to Air missle

[bfahren]

@RaiderDestroyer During the 50´s there was a great fear of big groups of bombers loaded with nukes. Back then the only weapons against them were machineguns, cannons and unguided conventional rockets; none of these weapons were really capable of deal with such a threat.

The idea of the Genie was to shoot it (it was not a guided missile) into the middle of a bomber formation to take them all down in one hit.

[GenieMB1]

@bfahren How about the F-89's and F-102's

[bfahren]

@GenieMB1 Sorry, should have said early 50´s. Anyway, the F-89 main weapon until 1956 were unguided rockets.

[Setebos]

How accurate did a pilot have to aim for firing a Genie? Kind of reminds me of a special shotgun shell my father had for dispersing crows from his field. It was a "two-stage" shell which, a few seconds after leaving the gun, would explode within the flock (the murder?), scattering the birds.

[GenieMB1]

@Setebos The R.O (radar operator in the back seat) "locked on" the fire control radar to a specific target aircraft. Remember that the threat at the time was massed formations of Russian Bombers so you pick one for a lock on then Dad's shotgun affect takes over. First stage-Genie motor fires, second stage-Genie 1.5kt warhead detonates in the "flock" and scatters melted aluminum that was once the target aircraft and also the formation everywhere. You and Dad had the concept correct.

[Setebos]

@GenieMB1 --- got it! Thanks!

[hudson501]

I agree with Legend813a. When an air-to-air Genie nuclear missle was launched either by an F-101 Voodoo , F-106 Delta Dart or F-89 Scorpion (the three aircraft the U.S. Air Force cleared to fire this weapon), the Genie missle launching aircraft had to make an immediate turn (a bit difficult for the slower flying f-89) in order to avoid being destroyed by the 1.5 kiloton atmosphereic nuclear blast. Only one live nuclear Genie was ever tested by the USAF in July, 1957 over Yucca Flats, Nevada.

[GenieMB1]

@hudson501 & Legend813a Think about this for a micro second.................preferr­ed launch profile for the F-89 was a front snap up followed by a "split S". Belly up and diving away. Also, the velocity of the the Genie was roughly 3000'/sec using a time of flight of 6 sec that's 18000' of separation with the F-89 going the opposite direction. The F-89 was also the most accurate shooter because of the rail launch. n. F-101, snap up- roll inverted- pull below the horizon- roll out-RTB!

[Flea5000000000]

what games that

[Legend813a]

Eh, that would have killed the F-101 pilot

[rattinox]

@Legend813a DoD and DOE specs give a lethal radius for the W25 warhead as 300 meters