On Swan we were wondering what effect a limbo salvo would have if dropped in the general vicintiy of an oncoming heavy weight. Accuracy would always be the issue (as is was a very basic system) but if you got close (and that is a BIG if) it should have played merry hell with the weapons transducer.
Look up Nulka. Essentially it does just this.
only problem with that is timing. I can't remember exactly but time in air and time to shallowest setting takes forever.
Do we know which missiles have anti-radiation homing?
Yeah, I'm not sure exactly which missiles have that sort of homing. I've heard about if before, but I'm not sure if it's actually the case, or it's just from the "Russia has developed a new missile that is INVINCIBLE!!!!!" crowd.
The first thing which comes to mind is whether the Russians have fielded a missile with a multi-mode seeker or not. If they have not yet done so, then I suspect the talk of an AShM with an anti-radiation seeker is just that, talk.
A local blog source believes that the Singapore Navy is also using the C310, because it provides two types of effectors - stationary jammers and mobile target emulators. It has also confirmed that the Formidable Class vessels have a 22-tube array of the EADS New Generation Dagaie System (NGDS) launchers installed; but unfortunately, these new EADS launchers on the Formidable Class are always covered (at every picture taking opportunity).
Well, thanks for clearing that up!
It's not nonsense, but it would obviously be tailored depending on the intel available on the threat.
Both ARH and HOJ are simple enough technologies well within the development capabilities of any near peer or modern (and more importantly - sufficiently wealthy) nation.
My whole idea was using the IIR's abilities against it. One of the features of an IIR is it can determine the shape of its target -- a wall of flares looks like a decoy, whereas a ship, with a clear outline and hot spots in specific locations, looks much different, and the IIR uses this difference to discriminate a ship from decoys. However, if you blocked the ship with flares, the whole ship would lose its distinctive outline, and the IIR seeker would determine that it was not a target, because it doesn't have the ship-like shape it's looking for.
The modern CIWS has an IR camera, but its anti missile programs need input from the radar. Same for RAM. I'd like to think you could theoretically develop a system that uses its laser ranging to operate without a radar but I almost don't think it would be worth the effort.
Hmm... that's pretty interesting information! I was wondering; what would be the typical flight pattern of a cruise missile using a pop-up trajectory?
A pop-up trajectory essentially is where a sea-skimming AShM goes from flying just above the waves (~15 m, give or take a few meters) to a higher altitude or perhaps 100+ m shortly before impact. The idea being that once the AShM is 100+ m above the target, the missile will dive down into the target. Basically it should end up directing some of the force of the missile strike and likely the blast at a downward angle into the vessel below the waterline. In older sea-skimmers the force of the impact and much of the blast was parallel to the waterline. A successful hit could achieve a mission kill, but the vessel stood a better chance for survival and repair.
The difference between an IR screen and traditional use of SRBOC systems, is the latter is designed to seduce the weapon into considering it a valid target, while the former is attempting to completely mask the signature of the platform.
Being as they already have an EDM functioning, and have conducted relatively rigorous tests on the system, it would seem like it will actually enter service prior to 2035. As the article says, the 2035 date will be when all high-value ships will have finished retrofitting the system. It is also quite possible that that date is a "no later than" date, kind of like the IOC for the ESSM Block II is scheduled to be "no later than" 2020 -- i.e., it could be finished earlier, but the date given is the worst-case-scenario date. I dunno exactly, though -- that's just my postulation.