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This is interesting - do modern missiles need visual facsimiles of warships for targeting? What is the value of making it look like a real ship (from above)?
by mattlondon 5y ago
This is interesting - do modern missiles need visual facsimiles of warships for targeting?
What is the value of making it look like a real ship (from above)?
- woeirua 5y agoMaking a to-scale mockup and then targeting it with ballistic missiles would help them understand the actual accuracy of their missiles under ideal conditions. Of course, hitting a moving carrier with active defenses would be much harder, but if you can't even hit a static carrier under ideal circumstances then you have no chance of hitting a mobile one.
- daveslash 5y agoPictures 2 and 3 of the slideshow show a moving target - a ship model on rails.
- dirtyid 5y agoI suspect with how far AI image recognition has improved in recent years, there's going to be a lot of work with optical targetting at terminal phase. Kill chain will probably be less vunerable to electronic warfare measures.