Final Chord: South Korea took place the latest shootings of Popeye rockets (video)

The pilots were last shot by AGM-142 missiles. They have been in service from the countries since 1996. South Korea Air Forces plan to refuse the operation of AGM-142 Popeye missiles. Recently, the latest shooting from the F-4E Phantom fighter has taken place. About it reports The War Zone. In South Korea, the last firing of F-4 F-4 fighter was held or as it was called in the country of Heavenly Goblin.

The training itself took place on April 18, which participated in the pilots of the 10th Fighter Aviation Air Base. They were attached to four F-4E Phantom with AGM-142 Popeye missiles. Ammunition appeared in the country in 1996, when they were handed over the United States. Popeye is an Israeli solid fuel rocket "Air-Earth", weighing 1360 kg, from which the combat part is 350-360 kg. The rocket radius is 80 km.

The guidance occurs on an inertial system that switches to infrared head of self -alignment or television channel in the terminal stage of flight. This is due to the data transmission channel with the antenna mounted on the tail of the rocket, which allows you to operate the missile in the mode of the operator in the carrier aircraft. The system is called "man in the circuit". RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems began in the early 1980s.

Israel adopted the ammunition in 1986, and in 1995 the Popeye version 2. In the US, the rocket carrier is the B-52 StratoFortress bomber. In South Korea, 36 F-4E aircraft were modified for use AGM-142. In recent exercises, the rocket struck the rock. Phantom history in South Korea is also coming to an end. Of the 220 F-4 for 55 years, 10 fighters remain in the system. We will remind, on May 19 the media wrote why Turkey still uses fighters 3 generation F-4E Terminator.