Fred J. McCall ha scritto:
eatfastnoodle wrote:
:On Feb 2, 2:11 pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
: eatfastnoodle wrote:
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: :On Feb 2, 2:24 am, Fred J. McCall wrote:: wrote:
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: : :See:
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: : :http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Boei..._For_Next_Gene...
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: : :How much longer will the Navy keep upgrading Harpoon before
: : :switching to a newer, possibly supersonic, weapon?
: : :
: :
: : This one seems to fall into the "if it works, don't **** with it"
: : category.
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: : What do you want a newer weapon to do that would work better than
: : what's already there and in the development plan?
: :
: :
: :F14/F15/F16/F18 certainly work, so why do we spend tens of billions of
: :dollars on F22/F35? Why not just buy newer upgraded version of Eagle
: :and Falcon? Cause the enemies aren't sitting still, what works today
: :might not work tomorrow, you must plan for the future.
: :
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: I'll simply note you dodge the question.
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: Let me ask again. What do you want a newer weapon to do that would
: work better than what's already there and in the development plan?
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: As for the aircraft you mention, we knew what new requirements we had
: (supercruise, stealth, improved maintenance rates, etc).
:
: So what do you want to add to Harpoon that isn't already in the
: roadmap?
:
: --
: "Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the
: truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong."
: -- Thomas Jefferson
:
:Supersonic speed is a good capability addition.
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Why? What does it get you? The missile is already 20x faster than
what you're shooting it at.
Capability isn't free. If you want a supersonic anti-ship missile, it
has to be bigger (which means you can carry fewer of them), fly higher
(to escape reflections of its own shockwave from the surface), etc.
As I understand, very high speed in ASuW missiles is conceived as
counter-measure against CIWS systems, on the basis of reducing the
available reaction time. Indeed there are easily quantifiable training &
elevating times of CIWS mounts and (with a bit of intelligence) time
needed for VLS missiles to get the interception course from the
straight-up course.
Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.