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> and that isn't the same as what can be done in a small-diameter missile Which was the genius idea behind Track-via-Missile in the Patriot SAM Instead of ha
by dingaling 9y ago
> and that isn't the same as what can be done in a small-diameter missile
Which was the genius idea behind Track-via-Missile in the Patriot SAM
Instead of having the missile work-out the best interception based on what it can detect, it relays its view of the World back to the ground station which returns its recommended geometry. Constantly and at high frequency.
And since the ground station is more powerful and can be upgraded more easily than the missile's electronics, Patriot has made huge improvements since the 1991 Scud incidents.
In an anti-stealth context having each missile 'see' from a different angle and being able to fuse that I to one picture is also useful in defeating shaped reflections. It's like a network of remote, lethal sensors.
- amelius 9y ago> it relays its view of the World back to the ground station which returns its recommended geometry. Can't the missile jam the signal?
- dotancohen 9y agoSure it could. And then the impactor could target the jamming transmitter. Therefore emitting a jamming signal would actually make the missile easier to intercept.
- cabalamat 9y agoOr the jammer could be separate from the missile.
- terminado 9y agoIn this cycle, we see a war of complex resources (produced by logistical wealth) emerge. Those with the most of everything, to produce the greatest fighting flexibility, eventually win. Perhaps pyrrhicly.
- maxander 9y agoThat would be awfully nice if it were true. In reality, the opposition to this kind of tech just makes lots and lots of cheap missiles, while your interceptors cost millions each, and drive you bankrupt.
- dotancohen 9y agoThis is happening in Gaza. Hamas cuts down telephone poles and fills them with homemade solid rocket fuel and a 50 KG warhead, which are then called Katyushkas because they superficially resemble the 1940's Grad missiles. These are then intercepted by $100,000 Tamir interceptors. The worst part is that misfiring telephone poles have killed about as many Gazans as Israelis.
- amelius 9y agoYou could attach the jammer to the missile using a wire of some random length.
- db48x 9y agoAerodynamically this is quite a bad idea. Better to send two missiles, and have one use a jammer and the other not.
- dotancohen 9y agoI see that you work in software, not hardware.
- srean 9y agoWouldn't the latency be a problem in highly dynamic chases. I presume its ok for ballistic missiles.