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Originally Posted by gamercube
According to wiki ( JDAM) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. the max range of JDAM is 24 km. So a SAM having a range of 30 km or more would see the jet before the pilot had time to attack the SAM battery, right? |
Nope. The pilot can go supersonic and toss that weapon from 60km away in the right aircraft.
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Hmm....But what if multiple SAM batteries were deployed against you? Say that you haven't been able to destroy the SAM using JDAMs, and 3 missiles have been fired at you. If you jam the seeker of one, would you get rid of all three missiles? Or do they employ different seeker frequencies on each missile? Or do you have to jam each missile separately? Also, would it be a realistic scenario for a pilot to jam all 3 incoming missiles, and then target the ground based battery successfully?
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You turn around, light the burners and run - and you will outrun that missiles
And yes, you CAN jam each missile separately. Most modern aircraft are capable of jamming multiple threats in each quadrant, though how many exactly is always classified.
You target the ground-based battery WELL before you enter its engagement zone, using your own radar, or known GPS data - you fly in, toss the bomb, turn around and run. And you'll likely not get hit ... 30km is against a head-on target. That missile, once the motor burns out it a big glider that does nothing other than slow down.
If you turn around and run at longer ranges, it will slow down too much to reach you. This is why all of this '30km intercept range' talk means nothing: A tactical fighter will be engaged closer to the battery because it can simply escape the missile by running away.