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Amalekites

2011-10-10T19:00:14Z

HarryPrice: They were definitely a nation (Numbers 24:20)

The [[Amalekites]] were a nation in the Bible.

After the Amalekites attacked the [[Israelites]], the LORD commanded [[Moses]] to kill everyone of them (including women, children and infants). Many [[Bible]] scholars concur that the Israelites thought this to be a just act.<ref>http://bible.cc/1_samuel/15-3.htm</ref> However it remains controversial due to its genocidal nature.

Like other tribes such as the [[Edomites]], the Amalekites were named after a man, Amalek, from whom they were believed to be descended. However, they are more likely associated with the Ammonites and Canaanites. Their name is sometimes translated as "people of the valleys," but some biblical scholars do not agree with this translation.<ref>M. Weippert, Semitische Nomaden des zweiten Jahrtausends. Biblica vol. 55, 1974, 265-280, 427-433</ref>

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Amalekites

2011-10-10T18:55:27Z

HarryPrice:

The [[Amalekites]] were a nation in the Bible.

After the Amalekites attacked the [[Israelites]], the LORD commanded [[Moses]] to kill everyone of them (including women, children and infants). Many [[Bible]] scholars concur that the Israelites thought this to be a just act.<ref>http://bible.cc/1_samuel/15-3.htm</ref> However it remains controversial due to its genocidal nature.

Like other tribes such as the [[Edomites]], the Amalekites were named after a man, Amalek, from whom they were believed to be descended. However, they are more likely associated with the Ammonites and Canaanites. Their name is sometimes translated as "people of the valleys," but most biblical scholars do not agree with this translation.<ref>M. Weippert, Semitische Nomaden des zweiten Jahrtausends. Biblica vol. 55, 1974, 265-280, 427-433</ref>

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[[Category:Biblical Persons]]

AIM-120 AMRAAM

2011-10-10T18:49:22Z

HarryPrice:

The '''AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)''' is a [[United States]] [[air-to-air missile]]. It was developed as a next-generation missile to equip many [[NATO]] [[aircraft]], including the [[F-15 Eagle]], [[F-16]], [[F/A-18 Hornet]], and [[F-22 Raptor]]. It replaced the [[AIM-7 Sparrow]] and its series.

[[Image:AIM-120 diagram.jpg|thumb|right|450 px|A diagram showing the AIM-120]]

The AMRAAM has advanced targeting capability; it can hit an enemy from 30 miles away at a speed of Mach 4. Avoiding one is extremely difficult, because the missile has excellent maneuverablity and sophisticated [[avionics]]. It is used by over 30 countries, including Britain, Egypt, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Pakistan, Belgium, Jordan, Italy, Poland, Hungary and Germany, as well as the United States [[Marine Corps]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], and [[United States Air Force|Air Force]].

The AIM-120 was first used in combat in December of 1992, when a [[F-16]] used one to shoot down a [[MiG-25]] over [[Iraq]]. Since then, AMRAAMs have downed eight other enemy aircraft, an Iraqi [[MiG-23]] and seven [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] fighters.

==External links==
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/aim-120.htm AIM-120 AMRAAM at GlobalSecurity.org]

[[Category: Missiles]]

AIM-54 Phoenix

2011-10-10T18:12:22Z

HarryPrice: F-111 wasn't cancelled. Fox-3 does not refer to the Phoenix, it means ANY NATO active radar AAM, and the Phoenix isn't in NATO service. When it was Fox-3 meant "guns."

The '''AIM-54 Phoenix''' missile is a long range, high speed, air-to-air missile. It was designed by [[Hughes Aircraft Company|Hughes]] as a missile to be carried by the General Dynamics [[F-111]], it was adapted by the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] to be carried on their new fleet defense fighter, the [[Grumman]] [[F-14 Tomcat]]. The Phoenix was originally designed to kill, at long range, [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] bombers, before they could fire short range cruise missiles at the aircraft carrier or its escorts. With that in mind, the Hughes designers gave it a range of 128 miles. The Tomcat's radar, which could reach 133 miles ahead of the fighter and 174 wide, can track up to 20 targets at one time and pick out four or six of them as targets for the Phoenix missiles. The Tomcat fired the missile, and from then on the missile's own radar took over, accelerating it at Mach 3.5 toward it's target. The main drawback to the Phoenix was that it was incredibly expensive--each missile costing about $500,000.<ref>[http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/navyfacts/blphoenix.htm US Navy Fact File--AIM-54 Phoenix]</ref>

It was very difficult to avoid a Phoenix, because the guidance system was programmed to take the missile up high, out of range of the target's radar, and then send it down at nearly Mach 4. The F-14 typically carried four Phoenixes and two [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] missiles.

Besides the US Navy, [[Iran]] is the only other operator of the Phoenix. In 1976, the [[Grumman|Grumman Corporation]] sold Iran 80 Tomcats and 633 Phoenix missiles. The missile performed with great renown in the Iranian Air Force. The first combat use of the Phoenix was on September 13, 1980, when an F-14 pilot used one to shoot down to down an [[Iraq]]i [[MiG-23]] interceptor. It shot down many aircraft in the [[Iran-Iraq War]], including eleven [[MiG-25]]s and five [[Tupolev Tu-22|Tu-22]] bombers.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_210.shtml Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1976-81]</ref><ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_211.shtml Iranian Air-to-Air Victories, 1982-Today]</ref> In one engagement on January 9, 1981, a Phoenix was fired at a flight of MiG-23BNs on a bombing mission. The missile hit the lead plane, and the explosion downed two other MiGs and damaged the fourth, resulting in three kills for one missile. On January 29, 1981, an Iraqi [[Sukhoi Su-22|Su-20]] fighter-bomber was shot down by a Phoenix even though the warhead failed to explode. The missile guided right to the plane’s fuselage, and the kinetic energy of the impact was enough to cut the aircraft in two and send it crashing to the sea.<ref>''Iranian F-14 Units in Combat'', by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop, Osprey Publishing, 2004</ref> The exceptionally long range of the AIM-54 gave the Iranian Tomcats a huge combat advantage, in spite of their relatively small numbers. Approximately half of the victories credited to F-14s in the war fell to Phoenixes. The Iranian Air Force still operates the AIM-54.

[[Image:F-14_Phoenix.jpg|thumb|375 px|right|An F-14 shows off six Phoenix missiles.]]

'''Hughes AIM-54 Phoenix'''

Range: 128 miles

Warhead: High explosive 132 lbs

Weight: 975 pounds

Engine: Rocketdyne Mk 47 solid-propellant rocket

Speed: (cruising) Mach 3.5

Present operators: Iran

Previous operators: US Navy

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