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PAAC 3 and SMIII

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?

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By: Srbin - 7th January 2005 at 22:45

that allows them to get mid course updates via AWACS right?

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By: dionis - 7th January 2005 at 17:13

S-400 is better anyway 😛

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By: cru - 7th January 2005 at 05:26

My mistake, of course sourface/ship/air

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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.

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