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Maybe Iranian F-14 would fire their own Phoenix.
The only aircraft that was capable of firing the Pheonix was the F-14. Because of this the US Navy no longer uses the Pheonix.
I am not sure if there is even a plan to incorporate the Pheonix into any other aircraft. I doubt it.
I am sure the Iranians still have a few but I doubt they are in decent shape and probably would not work. I know the US Maint. Techs that were working in Iran sabotaged the Iranian 14s before they left.
Why is the Tomcat the only one that can fire the phoenix ?
The AIM-54 Phoenix was only one part of the "weapons system" installed on the F-14. The F-14 was, essentially, built around the AWG-9 analog radar; you can think of the Tomcat as merely an aerial platform for the AWG-9 radar system and the Phoenix.
Don't know the answer to that one. But the BVRAAM and other hypersonic AAMs being developed using advanced air breathing motors (ramjets) allow for longer ranges and better terminal performance.
That introduces other questions. Unless there have bee some breakthroughs, the Ram effect only takes place at hyper sonic speeds. That means a ramjet powered missile would have to be launched by a platform traveling fast or it would have to have its own rockets capable of boosting it to speeds in which the ramjet will take place.
Both scenarios are limiting.
Although, a ramjet means you could launch a missile in Idaho and hit a plane in Iran.
As for the "launch a missle in Idaho and hit a plane in Iran" scenario, the missle is, of course, limited by how much fuel it can carry; I doubt any missle, no matter how efficient, could carry enough fuel to make it halfway around the world, never mind how it gets guided there.
Here is the most recent aussie bill (i dont see a date on it!) i have next to an american bill.
Does that help?..