Submarine launched Exocet can be launched in bearing only mode as it’s more difficult for a sub to estimate range.

Don’t know if the capability is enabled in surface or air launched versions. Given that the target has to be acquired with a sensor that can measure range (radar), it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Typically the latest version of an air-launched exocet would be launched with a complex trajectory including several waypoints in order to strike from the best angle and/or have several missiles converge on the target at the same time from different directions.

I think the bearing only mode is quite usefull if target is detected by sensor that can’t measure range like FLIR , RWR ,it also help to protect aircraft because if the pilot know the direction of enemy he can stay under the radar horizon instead of sneak up and may get hit

Is there a way to make your radar work in pure rangefinder mode slaved to an ESM or IRST contact.

Nic

This is also my question? any one have any idea ? , I think it can improve the fighter ability to attack ground target a lot . For example modern FLIR like the
sniper-xr can detected very large target from >100 nm but the laser can only reach 49 nm or less :confused: if the radar can be use as a pure range finder it would be great . For example the FLIR can detected the elevation and azimuth of the heat generated when the SAM TEL or a ship firing a missile , the radar then can be used to find the range to target:rolleyes: and with these information the aircraft can throw something like JASSM or Harpoon at the enemy
P/s : As the ESM doesnt seem to work well against LPI radar i think this would be a good tatic , correct me if iam wrong

ESM provides precise azimuth and elevation to an emitter, but lacks range capability unless you have friendlies nearby who will cooperate to develop a triangulated position fix.

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:confused: from some book i have read i think modern ESM like the asq-213 and alr-94 can find the range to target even if there is only one ship

:confused::confused: u haven’t answer some questions , what does this mean by ” maximum depth “, and can the Mark 60 carry any other torpedo apart from Mark-46

So you’re of the opinion that missile development has stopped and they are stuck with whatever tech they have now?

no but i just wonder why they dont put new seeker (like LADAR or AESA radar ) on the developing anti ship missile like SOM or NSM 🙁 all new western anti ship missiles use normal radar seeker or imaging infrared which can be easily foil by decoy ,ECM or block by a screen of chaff , flare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_36_SRBOC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTp4GlM3Lk8&

In a zoom climb, you first increase speed in level flight, and then use the momentum for a peak of very high alt.
In sustained climb, you continuously keep climbing.

The limit of a missile alt is how much the fuel could push it upward before empty.

Scramjet is ideally suited for high alt. unlike the others.

JASSM will invariably fly at low alt.

Yes, a rocket can fly higher than them all, assuming it has enough fuel to get there in the first instance.

Those missiles will run out of fuel

but a rocket or fighter to be able to fly up they must have the thrust/ weight > 1 is that right:rolleyes:

In reply to your question, instead of blindly linking to various websites, try reading the information contained there in, the link to missile designations, states that the SRAM was retired in the early 90’s , why would it still be in service?

The article you linked to regarding EMP, am I right in thinking that you believe its possible for a F35 to fire a ASAT weapon into low orbit and magically wipe out an enemies electrical systems? Its in a word poppy-****, EMP effects are overated in the media, if they were that dangerous to electronics then dont you think it would cause the F35 to fall out of the sky as well? because although you can get an ASAT to low eath orbit the F35 would need to be below the detonation to get the greatest spread of EMP.

Also EMP is no repector of sides , ie it will blind freindly systems as well as enemy

:rolleyes:

🙂 but 1 F-35 fall out of the sky can disable the whole enemy fleet or SAM site is a good trade off isn’t it 😀
one more thing :cool:the EMP effect created by nuclear explosion at high altitude is very very different from one created at low altitude 😎
AGM-69 is retired but i mean it not very hard to make a new missile like that mainly for EMP purpose :rolleyes: ( much easier than design a new weapon like Jdradm :mad:) and because the EMP effect range is quite long it almost impossible to intercept the missile or stop the F-35 ( no need for whole bunch of tomahawk or HARMs :cool:)