Sub-Launched SAMs

Juergen Nieveler wrote in
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wrote:

Are there any SAMs small enough to fit into a Torpedo casing?

Any MANPADS will fit into a normal torpedo casing.

Most MANPADS will fit into the volume taken up by the warhead and its
associated gubbins. SHORAD missiles like Chapparal, Crotale, Rapier, Roland
and ADATS will fit into a torpedo casing, but the volume devoted to the
engine and fuel may have to be reduced. Only the IR seeking missiles seem
likely for such adaptation, the others do not have terminal homing.
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On Sep 20, 1:27*pm, Juergen Nieveler
wrote:
Andrew Chaplin wrote:
Most MANPADS will fit into the volume taken up by the warhead and its
associated gubbins. SHORAD missiles like Chapparal, Crotale, Rapier,
Roland and ADATS will fit into a torpedo casing, but the volume
devoted to the engine and fuel may have to be reduced. Only the IR
seeking missiles seem likely for such adaptation, the others do not
have terminal homing.

Hm... would a laser-guided system like Starstreak be able to pick up a
targeting laser projected by the periscope even when launched some
distance away?

Juergen Nieveler
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Rodriguez

That could work....

Or, how about a recoverable RPV? It can fly up, maybe come out of a
shell it rises up in, then deploy to guide or fire a MANPADS style
missile or a laser guided one like Starstreak. Then she can descend,
maybe even ballast down and descend for retrieval.

In message , Juergen
Nieveler writes
Hm... would a laser-guided system like Starstreak be able to pick up a
targeting laser projected by the periscope even when launched some
distance away?

No. Starstreak is a beam-rider (well, for a sophisticated version of
"beam") that really needs the missile to start pretty much on boresight
for the tracker.

A semi-active laser system might be more effective for this role: for
slow MPA and helicopters, something like Hellfire might be modified to
suit. However, slow at periscope depth with a mast up is where you
*don't* want to be against any sort of capable ASW opposition.


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Paul J. Adam ha scritto:

A semi-active laser system might be more effective for this role: for
slow MPA and helicopters, something like Hellfire might be modified to
suit. However, slow at periscope depth with a mast up is where you
*don't* want to be against any sort of capable ASW opposition.

and ASW helos is a good indicator of that "capable ASW" opposition"

I guess that doing this stunt near an Italian Frigate in the Sicilian
Canal is a sure method for starting an eternal patrol....

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.