By: Wanshan - 22nd September 2005 at 17:35
From pdf folder on Thales netherlands website:
The STIR HP is a medium-to-long range tracking and illumination radar
system. The system has been designed primarily to control point and
area defence missile systems, such as Seasparrow, Aspide and
Standard Missile (SM1 and SM2) types of SAM systems as well as dual
purpose types of guns.
STIR HP systems are available in two different director configurations;
one director having a 1.8 m antenna, and another director with a 2.4 m
antenna.
Antenna
• Antenna type : Cassegrain with monopulse cluster
• Diameter antenna : 1.8 m or 2.4 m
Target acquisition and tracking capability up to:
– 1.8 m antenna version 200 km
– 2.4 m antenna version 500 km
By: datafuser - 22nd September 2005 at 14:38
Question again:, most material give the range of those single stage SM2 missile to be around 70km so I guess this is about right. So is the missile in the article a new version or they just push it to the limit?
Those “most materials” are inaccurate.
The official US Navy site gives 40-90 nautical miles (46-104 statute miles) as SM-2 Block III/IIIA/IIIB’s range and SM-2 Block III production started in FY88, more than 15 years ago.
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-stnd.html
By: skyrider - 22nd September 2005 at 12:20
Question again:, most material give the range of those single stage SM2 missile to be around 70km so I guess this is about right. So is the missile in the article a new version or they just push it to the limit?
By: datafuser - 22nd September 2005 at 07:15
In some countries (Korea eg.) they used STIR240 to control their SM2 missile but can the STIR240 give you the maximum range of a SM2 missile. The SM2 missiles are supposed to have twice the range of the SM1 version.
KDX-II’s STIR240 guided SM-2 Block IIIA to a target 113km away in the last year’s live fire test.
http://www.korea.net/news/news/NewsView.asp?serial_no=20040802008&part=102&SearchDay=
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