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HARM missiles don't seem to be active and a special HARM derivative might be suitable. Something that may not have been made public. https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by sien 6y ago
HARM missiles don't seem to be active and a special HARM derivative might be suitable. Something that may not have been made public.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM
Normal HARMs have hit radar emitting aircraft :
During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter's tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site. (This was after the tail gunner of the B-52 had targeted the F-4G, mistaking it for an Iraqi MiG.) The F-4 pilot launched the missile and then saw that the target was the B-52, which was hit. It survived with shrapnel damage to the tail and no casualties. The B-52 was subsequently renamed In HARM's Way.[4]
- TylerE 6y agoHard to fit, probably. 5ft longer and 4x as heavy
- kitteh 6y agoFrom what I read the HARM (and all anti radiation missiles) wasnt particularly good at tracking a moving target. Especially another aircraft closing in fast that is manuverable. As for IR missile options beyond the Sidewinder the US never really invested in any longer range IR missiles like the Soviets did as part of their overall effort to go big in IRST (which didn't seem to pan out all that well to my knowledge).
- GarvielLoken 6y agoI think it did, if not otherwise because modern jets simply have stopped relying on their own radars, making long range IRST more important.
- throw1234651234 6y agoI have never read this. I always think of radar as a flashlight, because it's essentially what it is, except with electrons instead of photons. When you have car coming from the opposite direction, with its high beams on, you can see it really, really well, even if you keep your lights off (passive HARM).
- rleigh 6y agoMicrowaves are still photons!
- throw1234651234 6y agoI appreciate the correction - I don't really understand this at all. Physics 103 is where my knowledge of anything resembling science ends.
- saltcured 6y agoThe difference is the challenge of imaging those wavelengths. You cannot just use a glass lens to focus a nice sharp picture onto an imaging sensor. Imagine that car is heading towards you, but you have to close your eyes and try to pinpoint its location by judging the shine of light through your eyelids.