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Old 08-18-2005, 10:31 AM   #15 (permalink)
Garry
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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
The 3-9 line technique is called beaming. Very effective technique, but again, you have to know the missile is coming.

An AIM-54C dives in from 100,000 feet at a speed of Mach 5+(3,000+ mph), and the motor is burned out long before the missile ever enters visual range.

For all intents and purposes, an AIM-54C is invisible to the naked eye as it dives on it's target at a steep energy retaining angle.

The AIM-54C seeker goes active 20,000 yards from the target. That leaves the target at best 9.2 seconds from first warning to impact to outmaneuever the 19G 135lb blast-frag warhead Phoenix WITHOUT a visual cue and get out of it's lethal radius.

No thanx.
Is it possible to identify the fired missile with a radar when missle is silent and not communicating to its pilot?

Does communication with pilot while guiding/adjusting trajectory give a signla sufficient for indentification?

I heard that newest radars can see a basket ball in 200km distance.... (it was a word statement though)
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