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Building a useful air launched missile that spins at a rate capable of being a countermeasure is difficult.
by coredog64 7y ago
Building a useful air launched missile that spins at a rate capable of being a countermeasure is difficult.
- Retric 7y agoOn it’s own I agree, but even fairly slow rotation such as 1 RPM becomes useful on edge cases. That’s not hard to achieve. My point is if you find the minimum power output to be X kw, you want to deploy something at ~4x power output to deal with fairly easy modifications. PS: Stealth capabilities is probably a bigger long term issue, but that’s a large modification.
- nradov 7y agoThe existing RIM-116 does spin in flight. However it's designed for use on surface ships, not aircraft.