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>right now you'd have to fly an enemy drone or plane near the carrier group That's a technique from WWI. For a modern long-distance radar a carrier is like the
by dgudkov 10y ago
>right now you'd have to fly an enemy drone or plane near the carrier group
That's a technique from WWI. For a modern long-distance radar a carrier is like the Sun in the sky (as you would expect from a huge pile of metal on a plain surface). It's too big, and also too "loud" in terms of radio emissions to be stealth.
- lambdadmitry 10y agoI'll crosspost the link here, too: [0] In short, over-the-horizon radars are not exactly precise. AFAIK no OTH radar to date can be used to provide a firing solution, they all are warning/detection radars. They can also be jammed or destroyed, as they are huge and can't be moved or hidden easily. Finally, it's not enough to provide an initial targeting, you also need to guide the missile during its flight as carrier moves and evades. This is a huge problem, given that any signal can and will be jammed. I think you underestimate how silent the carrier can be. [0]: http://lexingtoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/aircraft-carrier-invulnerability.pdf http://lexingtoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/aircraft-ca...
- dgudkov 10y agoAn interesting link, thank you.