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2006-05-13 Science & Technology

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Posted by 3dc 2006-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 hunter-killer missions where automatic target recognition systems find and identify targets of interest

Eeek. It sounds like a flying land mine. I hope the IFF on this beast is reliable.

its micro-turbojet engine

Hmmm... I wonder how much one of these engines costs. I have plans for it if I can get my hands on one.

Posted by N guard 2006-05-13 00:24|| 2006-05-13 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 N guard:
Would this mems gas turbine be small enough for you?

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-13 01:00|| 2006-05-13 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Carpet bombing is cheaper and the results are more convincing.

Posted by Gen. Curtis LeMay 2006-05-13 08:05|| 2006-05-13 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 But less of a surprise when they occur.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-13 09:06|| 2006-05-13 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 ...There was a similar concept some years back called Tacit Rainbow, which never went into service because of an asinine argument between the USAF and Army over who would own it. Basically it was a cruise missile with an anti-radar seeker head in it that would be launched and then cruise in circles for IIRC up to about 6 HOURS...and as soon as some Soviet SAM radar operator lit up, the seeker fixed his position and then blew it away. The UK's superb ALARM also has a loiter mode, but it's measured in seconds.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-05-13 09:58|| 2006-05-13 09:58|| Front Page Top

#6 The thing to know about NetFires, the R&D program that is behind this LAM, is that it anticipates swarms of small missiles who are able to coordinate with one another and prioritize targets. If, for instance, a missile assigned a high-priority target is shot down or malfunctions, the swarm will assign the target to another missile instead. Gonna make a lot of the existing anti-missile defenses a lot less effective.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-13 13:03|| 2006-05-13 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 LTOP - The swarm method would need to be smart enough to avoid honeypots.

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-13 13:08|| 2006-05-13 13:08|| Front Page Top

#8 The swarm method uses, among other things, a secured encrypted network.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-13 13:54|| 2006-05-13 13:54|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm thinking about a target to good to be true that doesn't seem to disappear..
ie... sensor games.

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-13 14:11|| 2006-05-13 14:11|| Front Page Top

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