As the missiles getting faster and faster, would that physcial limit on interepting that either using weapons like SeaRAM and CIWS.
sure, the radar and IR detection can track the missile but can they knock it out as its speed increases.
Alot of current antiship missile can travel mach1 to mach 2 but what if they are traveling Mach5 to Mach6.
Let me illustrate a point. first talk about the CIWS.
the radar detects the missile at point A, now the gun is not going to shoot point A because by the time the bullets reach point A, the missile already left that point. So, the CIWS computer has to make extrapolation on where to shoot the missile at point B. But how does the system determine point B?
the missile might not travel at constant speed. so this extrapolation leave room for error.
secondly, on the intercepting missile like SeaRAM. let say SeaRAM has its radar and IR detection, and incoming missile also has its onboard radar, therefore, both missile are aware of each other. SeaRAM can't go too fast else they will pass the intercepting point before the target arrived. SeaRAm has to slow down and wait for the target come to the intercepting point.
Now, the target missile awares of the SeaRAM presence therefore, when it almost arrive at the intercepting point, it suddently increase its speed from MAch5 to Mach6 and zoom pass that intercept point...
Now SeaRAM has to catch up the target but it's slow and no match in speed against the hypersonic missile which feature special type of engines.
Therefore for hypersonic missile with variable speed and has onboard radar for situation awareness, it will give the SeaRAM and CIWS system trememdous headaches.
sure, the radar and IR detection can track the missile but can they knock it out as its speed increases.
Alot of current antiship missile can travel mach1 to mach 2 but what if they are traveling Mach5 to Mach6.
Let me illustrate a point. first talk about the CIWS.
the radar detects the missile at point A, now the gun is not going to shoot point A because by the time the bullets reach point A, the missile already left that point. So, the CIWS computer has to make extrapolation on where to shoot the missile at point B. But how does the system determine point B?
the missile might not travel at constant speed. so this extrapolation leave room for error.
secondly, on the intercepting missile like SeaRAM. let say SeaRAM has its radar and IR detection, and incoming missile also has its onboard radar, therefore, both missile are aware of each other. SeaRAM can't go too fast else they will pass the intercepting point before the target arrived. SeaRAm has to slow down and wait for the target come to the intercepting point.
Now, the target missile awares of the SeaRAM presence therefore, when it almost arrive at the intercepting point, it suddently increase its speed from MAch5 to Mach6 and zoom pass that intercept point...
Now SeaRAM has to catch up the target but it's slow and no match in speed against the hypersonic missile which feature special type of engines.
Therefore for hypersonic missile with variable speed and has onboard radar for situation awareness, it will give the SeaRAM and CIWS system trememdous headaches.
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