airtolis Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 It seems a bug to me a multimillion dollar AESA radar to be unprotected against the HARM threat...
Nealius Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 HARMs are a pretty small target to hit. Success rate of Patriot interception of SCUDs isn't 100%, and those things are pretty large.
airtolis Posted January 31, 2014 Author Posted January 31, 2014 HARMs are a pretty small target to hit. Success rate of Patriot interception of SCUDs isn't 100%, and those things are pretty large. According to this video (27th min) Patriot could hit even the broken parts of a Scud which was re-entering the atmosphere in speeds unknown for a HARM.
Nealius Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Those pieces of the SCUDs are much larger than a HARM and are not going to be falling at 1500mph.
GGTharos Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 It's a PESA radar, and the system is designed to respond to ARMs, but given that WHICH ARMs it can shoot down was blacked out in the FOIA document, I suspect it wasn't everything. Also, an F-16 stuck a HARM into a PATRIOT radar a few years ago, so ... :) It seems a bug to me a multimillion dollar AESA radar to be unprotected against the HARM threat... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
airtolis Posted July 27, 2014 Author Posted July 27, 2014 I would like to ask something...Do we know the RCS of a HARM missile? (in reality and in game too)
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