ProteinePlus Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 What is the purpose of the laser guided Maverick ? Why would you employ a SAL guided missile instead of the fire and forget EO/IIR versions?
Insonia Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 laser guide enable JTAC or other soilders illuminate the target and guide those missiles. More robust against IR countermeasures overcome other tracking limits on optical algorithms and solutions. eg.. fast-moving urban targets, sea targets etc..
Mr_sukebe Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 As above, in addition, GPS guidance has been shown to be able to be either jammed or spoofed. 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
Phantom711 Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 @Mr_sukebe Even though what you are saying is true, that was not the question of the OP. He asked for the advantages of a lased weapon over EO/IR. Besides, there are countermeasures for lasers as well (i.e. smoke or even detecting the laser and shooting back at it). 1 vCVW-17 is looking for Hornet and Tomcat pilots and RIOs. Join the vCVW-17 Discord.
Mr_sukebe Posted December 31, 2023 Posted December 31, 2023 Agreed fully. To my knowledge, there are no GPS guided Mavs. Just thought I’d throw that into the mix. 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
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