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> Active radar increases your detectability. An active radar pointed at the ground, so you'd need a pretty extensive detection network. Also, I don't think st
by woodman 10y ago
> Active radar increases your detectability.
An active radar pointed at the ground, so you'd need a pretty extensive detection network. Also, I don't think stealth is much of a concern once the cruise missiles are over the target's territory. BTW, TERCOM doesn't need to be continuously radiating when in use, it only needs to get a fix frequently enough to keep INS within acceptable accuracy bounds.
> That isn't how radio signals work.
It is when you're talking about trying to interfere with a weapons grade radio, by transmitting to the sidelobe instead of mainlobe.
- flukus 10y ago> An active radar pointed at the ground, so you'd need a pretty extensive detection network. So they can't navigate a sudden cliff in the way?
- woodman 10y agoIf the cliff materialized between the time the path was plotted and uploaded to the missile prior to launch, then no. The missile has an internal map, the radar measurements are like mile markers on the highway - used to find your position on the map, not used to tell you what is ahead (that is what the map is for).