Home on Jam - Launch Procedure?

[SuperKermit]

Hi everybody,

now that the new jamming detection functionality has been implemented in the AWG-9 I came to wonder what the proper procedeure is to launch an AIM-7 or AIM-54 in home on jam mode in the F-14. I could not find any documentation on it.

Could anybody familiar with this topic please elaborate?

Many thanks in advance!

Chris

[IronMike]

PDSTT or PSTT the jammer, it will go to STT-JAT automatically, fire. That's it.

[SuperKermit]

vor 45 Minuten schrieb IronMike:

PDSTT or PSTT the jammer, it will go to STT-JAT automatically, fire. That's it.

Thx! 

What would happen if the missile is fired in boresight mode? Would it home on the jammer as well?

[Comstedt86]

1 hour ago, IronMike said:

PDSTT or PSTT the jammer, it will go to STT-JAT automatically, fire. That's it.

Does this trigger RWR like normal STTs?

 

Can the lock be broken once the missile is in air and will it continue to home onto jamming source ? (No RWR warning anymore?)

 

In the case of the 54C, will it go active instead if the jamming source is killed or shut off?

Edited October 27, 2022 by Comstedt86

[lunaticfringe]

2 hours ago, Comstedt86 said:

Does this trigger RWR like normal STTs?

No, because neither the missile nor the AWG-9 have a lock.  The AIM-54 is simply being told to listen to the jamming strobe and not transmit.

 

2 hours ago, Comstedt86 said:

Can the lock be broken once the missile is in air and will it continue to home onto jamming source ? (No RWR warning anymore?)

The "lock" is against the jamming signal, not a radiated emission by your own aircraft or the missile.  The only way for the target to "break" it is to turn off the jamming, or pass burn-through range, at which point the AWG-9 will convert to an STT track (thus giving a launch warning).  The missile in flight will then revert to standard STT guidance, or go active if it's within active range. 

[Comstedt86]

2 minutes ago, lunaticfringe said:

No, because neither the missile nor the AWG-9 have a lock.  The AIM-54 is simply being told to listen to the jamming strobe and not transmit.

 

The "lock" is against the jamming signal, not a radiated emission by your own aircraft or the missile.  The only way for the target to "break" it is to turn off the jamming, or pass burn-through range, at which point the AWG-9 will convert to an STT track (thus giving a launch warning).  The missile in flight will then revert to standard STT guidance, or go active if it's within active range. 

Thank you !

[eatthis]

how do you stt the jammer?

[RustBelt]

Point the radar narrow beam straight at the jammer strobe line an try to burn through em with brute force I think.

Remember to turn Jam strobes on on the HCU.