standoff attack weapons

utelore said:

BD POPEYE...I have also heard reports lets just say threw the "grape vine" that F-18super hornets have been using these ALARMS near where this guy named " LITTLE KIM" lives. They go up to around 30 to 40,000 feet and then "toss" it at high speed giving it much more range than just 50 miles....Have you heard this??

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I assume you mean the Korean DMZ. If this is the case, all those wonderful standoff weapons will have about 1 hour time period to locate and destroy 15,000 North Korean artillery pieces hidden in caves(15 mile deep band). During that 1 hour period, North Korean claimed a barrage of 500,000 rounds can be fired to the other side of the DMZ. :coffee:

P.S. I think Mr. Gollevainen should like this post. I think he is an artilleryman.

coolieno99 said:

I assume you mean the Korean DMZ. If this is the case, all those wonderful standoff weapons will have about 1 hour time period to locate and destroy 15,000 North Korean artillery pieces hidden in caves(15 mile deep band). During that 1 hour period, North Korean claimed a barrage of 500,000 rounds can be fired to the other side of the DMZ. :coffee:

P.S. I think Mr. Gollevainen should like this post. I think he is an artilleryman.

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That's N.Korea's claim? ..Well I think Mr Kim does have a few tricks up his sleeve. But it would not be easy to hide 15,000 artillary pieces. That's a lot. I hope for the North Koreans side they are well maintained
so they will work as needed when called to action.

As for where those weapons are located .."intell" probaly has a real good clue where those artillary peices are....

SCALP EG / Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missile


Said to have reduced radar profile, with range in excess of 250km. Travels at Mach 0.8 and can be carried by the following aircraft:
Tornado
Eurofighter
Hawker Siddley
Harrier
Mirage-2000
Dassault Rafale

This missile weights 1,300kg w/450kg warhead, and can penatrate bunkers with delayed fuse. The missile use GPS and terrain matching (TERCOM) to reach the target area, then use a high res infrared camera to match the target image for terminal guidance.

MBDA is currently developing a long-range sea-launch vairant, the SCALP Naval, intended to be launched from surface ships and submarines, with at least 1,200 km range.

COST: Italy was reported to have paid 270 million for 200 missiles. That comes out to $1.35 million each, relatively "cheap" for an EU weapon that's usually over-priced to kingdom come.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES.....OK I'M A CLOSET RUSSIAN ASM FAN

Designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya, the Yakhont ASCM (Anti-Ship Cruise Missile) meets all principal requirements to anti-ship missiles of the fourth generation - low weight and dimensions (eight missiles can be placed in the hull of a slightly modernized Amur Class sub, or it can replace four P-15 Termit [SS-N-2a Styx] anti-ship missiles), employs stealth technology, has supersonic flight speed and a completely independent guidance system based on the fire-and-forget concept. The missile is 8.9 meters (29.1 feet) in length. It can be launched from ships, aircraft, submarines, or even ground mobile launchers and is fired from a unified encapsulated ampoule - shaped transporter - launching container. Flight speed is at Mach 2.0+, using a kerosene liquid-fuel ramjet, with a terminal run at Mach 2.5.

Range is at 300 km in a hi-lo profile or at 120 km at altitudes of 5-15 metres, in a lo-lo profile. A regular mid-course phase of the flight occurs at 15 km. If and when launched from submarines, the vessel must be fitted with 650mm torpedo tubes. An operational missile designed for hitting complex sea-based and in-shore targets, a vessel armed with the Yakhount can carry out combat operations against warships or even against carrier battle groups. Yakhont's navigation system uses an inertial guidance system based on the present target location data. At a pre-calculated flight point (around 25 - 80 km), a brief turn-on of the homing scanner occurs, resulting in exact determination of target location. After that, the homing system turns on only when the Yakhont leaves the radio horizon and drops its altitude to 5 - 15 metres, i.e. a few seconds before hitting the target. It carries a 250 kg (553 lbs.) warhead.

Here's an interesting animation from OIF from Textron Systems.