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- From: hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock)
- Subject: Re: Air launched tomahawk?
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:42:24 GMT
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- From hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock)
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- In article <C1F6tL.KIn@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>, walker-john@yale.edu (John Walker) writes:
- |>> The SLAM is steered by the A-6's Bombadier/Navigator (BN) by means of a small
- |>> CRT and joystick in the cockpit. He lines the crosshairs up on the intended
- |>> target and the missile flies toward it. This keeps tha the launch aircraft out
- |>> of harms (SAM's) way, and can deliver an extremely accurate 500 lbs of
- |>> destruction.
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- Again, as I posted before, this "operator input" is not required but can be
- used to sweeten the shot or enhance overall damage effectiveness.
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- |> How jammable would this guidance be? Presumably the defender might be able
- |> to jam the control signal, or force the controlling aircraft to abandon
- |> control.
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- It is highly directional and of limited duration. It turns on approx 5 miles
- from the target and, at 500 kts, lasts only about 30 seconds.
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- To jam, you'd have to be in the right place at the right time. Or use
- some kind of broad band "white noise" jam-it-all device. But then, you'd
- be making yourself a target for electronic suppression countermeasures.
- Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
-
- And jamming the SLAM's data link will NOT prevent it from hitting the
- target. SLAM can find its way to the target all by itself, thank you.
-
- |> Furthermore, can more than one missile be simultaneously guided? Or
- |> must an entire flight of attack aircraft loiter 60 miles out from the
- |> target while the SLAMs fly in (at a measly 500 kts...)
-
- One controlling aircraft can handle multiple SLAMs. And, if that
- aircraft just happened to be Stealthy, why loiter 60 miles out?
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- TRAVIS
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