January 5, 2005 at 10:55 am
Does anyone know if the newest AA missile in US Army and US Navy (PAC 3 and SM III) are midcourse guided using Link 16, or with a dedicated data link?
By: Srbin - 7th January 2005 at 22:45
that allows them to get mid course updates via AWACS right?
By: dionis - 7th January 2005 at 17:13
S-400 is better anyway 😛
By: cru - 7th January 2005 at 05:26
My mistake, of course sourface/ship/air
By: Distiller - 6th January 2005 at 17:31
They are not air-to-air, they are surface/ship-to-air missiles.
From PAC-3/Conf.2 on Patriots use Link 16 JTIDS.
I’m not sure about the RIM-161A SM-3. JTIDS is integrated into the AEGIS system, but SM-3 might still use its own proprietary datalink; otherwise it too uses JTIDS.