Ukraine’s HARM Mystery – How “Top Gun“ enabled Ukraine to use HARM Missiles in the War

In recent weeks, Ukraine has started using HARM missiles to take down Russian air defenses. Yet with only older Soviet-made aircraft in its air force, that shouldn’t be possible – the electronics are incompatible and to reengineer Western kit onto their planes would take years of work. So how was it done? Well, it turns out you can blame it on Top Gun – not Tom Cruise, but the real thing. BASED ON PUBLIC SOURCE INFORMATION (see below); NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WAS USED IN ITS PRODUCTION BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Why not write a book about aviation history? How to get started? The answer is a click away! Please SHARE and SUBSCRIBE and SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL: -- -- Thomas Van Hare has published over 450 articles on aviation history since 1997 at Historic Wings - He is an author, including along with Matt Lawrence, of the bestselling book, “Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five“, about the shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue in 1996. He serves as the Director of the Defense Technology Innovation Program LLC, a public-private partnership with the Pentagon that scouts, identifies, and brings breakthrough technologies for potential military use. He is a former three-time White House appointee working in foreign policy, national security, and defense, a former CEO of an airline and flew as a command pilot and mission director on search and rescue missions, saving over 3,000 lives. Betrayal: Clinton, Castro & the Cuban Five has been published in English and Spanish and is available at: Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the individual authors writing in each writer’s individual capacities only - not those of their respective employers, affiliates, partners, or businesses. All liability is hereby expressly disclaimed. Content provided “as is“ with no representations it is error-free. Opinions and comments in the “Comments“ section below do not reflect the opinions of Thomas Van Hare or of Historic Wings. We do not in any way condone written attacks, insults, racism, sexism, extremism, violence, or other questionable acts or statements expressed by others. We reserve the right to delete any comments violating the principles of decency. Fair Use: Historic Wings is an educational website that relies on Creative Commons and fair use principles under Section 107 of the Copyright Act, which allows the unlicensed use of copyrighted materials for fair use purposes, such as commentary, criticism, teaching, and news reporting. It is not our intent to infringe on content ownership or rights. Please communicate any issues to: hw@ Story Research and Photo Credits: Ukrainian Air Force Ukrinform Illia Ponomarenko Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC) Ukraine Weapons Tracker United Electronics Industries USAF Raytheon Corporation INDRA Air Power Australia Chris Bolton National Museum of the United States Air Force KGG1951 Tennessee Museum of Aviation Waterloo Warbirds DreamlandResort Andreas Parsch NAVAIRSYSCOM NAWCWD Paramount Pictures ADDITIONAL RESEARCH CITATIONS Music Credits: Limitless - MusicbyAden & tubebackr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library Copyright 2022 Historic Wings and Thomas Van Hare