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I think the armed variants advantage is that you can launch 5 and call the rest back once you get a hit on the target. Shooting down modern/future hypersonic o
by doikor 3y ago
I think the armed variants advantage is that you can launch 5 and call the rest back once you get a hit on the target.
Shooting down modern/future hypersonic or stealth missiles is hard and there is no guarantee you will take it down with just one. So this way you can recover the rest once you get a hit.
- ElectronCharge 3y agoIt’s not going to intercept a hypersonic missile, and I doubt it can reliably intercept a supersonic missile. Subsonic stealthy targets it should have a chance against, since its seeker is EO/IR based, not radar. I think the primary use for the armed variant will be anti-drone, with decent capability against subsonic manned platforms. That said, it would probably also work well against unarmored ground targets…
- creer 3y agoAlthough then you need something something both fast, and refuelable, and recoverable. So... bigger, heavier, etc. And recovered and refuled in combat. Not necessarily impossible but much more complicated.