3 ms·
"Jammers are a realy(sic) good target for anti-radiation missiles." Yes, but jammers are cheap and lightweight; missiles are expensive and bulky. And there are
by giardini 11y ago
"Jammers are a realy(sic) good target for anti-radiation missiles."
Yes, but jammers are cheap and lightweight; missiles are expensive and bulky. And there are other types of jammers that mimic a target: they listen for a radar ping and respond with the simulated target's echo. Such jammers are smarter, more difficult to ignore, and more expensive but they still cost far less than a missile (and weigh far less too).
- vonmoltke 11y agoBarrage noise jammers with sufficient power and bandwidth to effectively shut down radar systems are neither cheap nor lightweight. The ones that are both are merely a nuisance.
- giardini 11y agoYou're right. I spoke too soon. I was thinking of _decoys_, which are typically cheap, light and inexpensive and provide, in the most optimistic of circumstances for the target, a multitude of other indistinguishable "targets."