Naval missiles and launchers
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Main advantage with a LRASM in VLS vs Harpoon in canister a MSC can carry much more as 8 then the salvo can be more big eventualy. More easy for saturatings attack.
And with this new missiles Mk-41 is completely polyvalent can use SSM in more SAM, LACM, ASW missiles.
In theory up to 80/Zumwalt 90 in Burke, 96/Austin and 122/Ticonderoga but stock are not unlimited then in practice it is different and mainly about 2/3 SAM in cell's coz AAW is the main mission for this combattants.
Only things again but important very difficult almost impossible refuel weapons at sea on a ship with VLS except maybe ? first Burke and Ticonderoga with a crane in the Mk-41 seems can help but with a sea calm.
More easy with launcher with arm and magazine but rate of fire clearly inferior the best US the best i have for datas 12 missiles/mn, Mk-41 60 the less good i have for SA-N-6 20/mn, for Chinese ??? a clear difference mainly usefull vs saturating attacks.
Despite that Harpoon is always a decent SSM.
And with this new missiles Mk-41 is completely polyvalent can use SSM in more SAM, LACM, ASW missiles.
In theory up to 80/Zumwalt 90 in Burke, 96/Austin and 122/Ticonderoga but stock are not unlimited then in practice it is different and mainly about 2/3 SAM in cell's coz AAW is the main mission for this combattants.
Only things again but important very difficult almost impossible refuel weapons at sea on a ship with VLS except maybe ? first Burke and Ticonderoga with a crane in the Mk-41 seems can help but with a sea calm.
More easy with launcher with arm and magazine but rate of fire clearly inferior the best US the best i have for datas 12 missiles/mn, Mk-41 60 the less good i have for SA-N-6 20/mn, for Chinese ??? a clear difference mainly usefull vs saturating attacks.
Despite that Harpoon is always a decent SSM.
Equation
Lieutenant General
Turkish Anti-ship missile Atmaca.
mk141 launcher
RF Seeker
Is it use for frigates or patrol boats?
Frigates,missile boats,submarines..v.b.
Atmaca uses TRI-40 engine like Exocet Block III and NSM.
It will be both for sea and land targets.
Great video of a US Navy F-18 Hornet following a Tactical Tomahawk fired from the USS Kidd as it attacks and hits a target ship designated by the F-18 at sea.
This is GREAT demonstration by the US Navy that all of those VLS cells on the Arleigh Burkes, the Ticonderogas, and US nuclear submarines are capable of attacking and hitting adversary ships with these long range tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles that carry various types of large warheads. Hugely damaging to ships.
My guess is that the laser head could easily be replaced by an intelligent targeting device in the future.
An excellent compliment to the LRASMs that will be coming soo.
This is GREAT demonstration by the US Navy that all of those VLS cells on the Arleigh Burkes, the Ticonderogas, and US nuclear submarines are capable of attacking and hitting adversary ships with these long range tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles that carry various types of large warheads. Hugely damaging to ships.
My guess is that the laser head could easily be replaced by an intelligent targeting device in the future.
An excellent compliment to the LRASMs that will be coming soo.
While indeed a nice demonstration of capability, I'm a bit bafffled by the notion of laser guidance, Jeff. To my knowledge, no Tomahawk, or any other cruise missile for that matter, ever employed laser guidance. The implied requirement for a designator platform rather close by kind of negates the idea of a very long range weapon in the first place.
As I understand it, the block IV Tomahaw has a two-way UHF satcom capability allowing it to be (constantly?) redirected in flight. Therefore, any sensor (in this case the F/A-18?) tracking the target could rely that updated target data to the missile. Although I wonder how accurate that data could be from stand-off range against a non-cooperative target.
I have also read about the TACTOM having a passive radar seeker looking for a target's EM emissions and possibly going active just before impact to discriminate a legitimate target. Although that is really vague to me.
SamuraiBlue
Captain
I believe ground skimming missiles uses a laser terrain mapping device to match the terrains with the designated course comparing the readings and adjusting the flight altitude to a minimum.
That could be used as a targeting mechanism if required.
That could be used as a targeting mechanism if required.
