Frequently quoted as >150 miles but this was only with OTH targeting right ?
And this missile in export version frequently equipped corvettes which carried no helicopter, so fired from these ships is it safe to assume it’s max range cannot be exploited ?
By: Marcellogo - 30th December 2016 at 09:40
Otomat missile comes in two version.
French one dive high to get a preliminary look and after dive down, Italian one envisaged the use of an helicopter to made a mid-course update.
Missile doesn’t need external guidance to operate however, on smaller ranges it function as all other sea skimming missile does.
It was instead a way to compensate the target movements until the missile would have reached close enough to use its own radar, helicopter would so make just a brief popup, register target new position and correct missile course and dive down the radar horizon. again.
AFAIK only Lybian 550 corvettes used Otomat without having provisions for an helo aboard, [I]Minerva[/] never had it.
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December 30, 2016 at 4:44 am