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This system in the hands of rogue states must be a nightmare for the US. Especially if the claim that it can bring down a carrier craft is true.
by mixmax 17y ago
This system in the hands of rogue states must be a nightmare for the US. Especially if the claim that it can bring down a carrier craft is true.
- rsl7 17y agoWhose satellites are they using?
- bd 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLONASS ? It wouldn't be much of cold war if both sides didn't have missile navigation systems. Also China seems to be building their own: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass_navigation_system
- gloob 17y agoAs a matter of curiosity, for what definition of "rogue state" are Russia and China rogue states? I figured the poster was thinking more about, e.g. North Korea.
- kjhgfghjklkjh 17y agoAnybody that doesn't buy weapons built in california?
- nradov 17y agoI think you missed the point of rsl7's post. Satellite navigation systems are marginally helpful but not even really necessary. Inertial guidance can work fine. If someone wants to hit a ship with a cruise missile then they need precise real-time targeting data. A box of missiles on a cargo ship doesn't do any good if you don't know where to point it. Reconnaissance satellites are one possible way to get that data, and only a few rich countries have enough good satellites to be useful. Some people think that guided missiles are magic: just point them in the general direction of a target and the missile will do the rest. In reality they have limited range, limited fuel, and short-range sensors. To have any chance of hitting a ship you have to tell the missile at launch time where the target should be when it finally arrives.