Some extra points to add to your vid for those interested: The C model amraam has many different "blocks" from -3 to -7 (-8 became the 120D). Of note, the C-5 got a boost only motor. Meaning that in the A/B variants you had a 4 sec boost with a calculated ~4700lbs of thrust with a sustain of ~1200lbs for 4sec. While the C-5 got a boost only with ~3700lbs for 8 seconds. After this the C-7 was made with more range which many believe is due to a more powerful/longer burning motor although numbers on it are not available publicly. Provides a slightly higher total impulse. For the D something else to note is the addition of a two way datalink, which means that not only can everyone with a link-16 enabled jet see the missile but the missile can get midcourse corrections from the link-16 network such as a wingman, another flight, ship, or awacs.
@Millennium7HistoryTech5 жыл бұрын
Perfectly on point!
@taylorc25424 жыл бұрын
How does the GPS enabled D extend range so much? Does it cruise in thin air and then plunge down?
@jimc16544 жыл бұрын
@@taylorc2542 GPS enable better course correction which extend range. So it can be in the thin air for longer time.
@possiblyadickhead66534 жыл бұрын
@@jimc1654 also some other funky algorithms i guess for better and more efficient guidance.
@taylorc25423 жыл бұрын
@@jimc1654 But how does the GPS improve guidance? I can understand mid course guidance where the firing aircraft repaints the target, allowing the missile to update it's lead calculations based on the repainted targets speed, distance, and heading. But what does GPS add to the missiles navigation? I'd think all it cares about speed, heading, and distance. Is the GPS for the missile to know it's own speed?
@halipatsui94183 жыл бұрын
This channel is criminally underrated. Keep it up!
@Native_love Жыл бұрын
My "friend" worked on missiles for the US Military. The true capabilities of the missiles in our arsenal is unbelievable! What they can do and the systems in there are far ahead of whats published. The smartest people in the world design and update these things and it's suicide to fight any US Aircraft in combat. GOD BLESS OUR FLYBOYS!!!
@jaronva95694 жыл бұрын
After having courses on these matters for over a year I didn't think I could still find a lot of useful information on youtube other than just a recap of the basics. This channel proved me wrong, with the previous video (Active RH) and this one being quite complete and containing details I didn't know (like the Anti-radiation homing mode when detecting jamming). Thank you and keep up the good work! It will pay off in the end.
@_Matsimus_3 жыл бұрын
This was awesome
@Millennium7HistoryTech3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Matt. I follow your work too.
@howardman39263 жыл бұрын
Nice seeing you here Matt
@miamijules21493 жыл бұрын
Matt!! Nice. And yes, this channel is excellent....
@alvinleo29873 жыл бұрын
Instablaster...
@ags30mm2 жыл бұрын
If it's approved by you it's good enough for me.
@kathrynck2 жыл бұрын
It's probably worth noting, that the AIM-54 also had a very large warhead, which significantly improved it's hit probability in a rather brute-force manner. I would regard the AIM-120 A & B as one type of missile, largely exploring active homing, F&F, home on jam, and GPS. And the AIM-120 C & D as a whole new class of missiles, exploring HOBS, "radical" HOBS, and leveraging data link capability. They all share some parts, but the C, and particularly the D, are monstrously more capable. Claimed hit-prob on the A & B is ~80% (real world probably more like 50%), while the C & D are claimed >90% (real world probably ~80%). But the increased hit-prob & range is secondary to the targeting versatility.
@e.martinez59993 жыл бұрын
Wow, this was way more informative than most military hardware channels. Great work!
@lillyanneserrelio21874 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Wonderful organization and providing time stamps during the intro was a very nice touch! Such a rare gem of knowledge. Love your work!
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@awg-92133 жыл бұрын
Love this guy, Clear, straight shot, unbiased, no crack ass music in.the background. I'm not sure of his technical data is correct: ie: procceser speed, especially, things may still be classified. But, approximately correct. Still love his efforts.
@sean707292 жыл бұрын
I think he knows exactly what he's talking about.
@bharatsharma32335 жыл бұрын
I was unaware of a GPS receiver in the newer versions (120C-8 / 120D, it seems). Thanks for the video!
@taylorc25424 жыл бұрын
What's the advantage of GPS increasing range so much?
@vantaaax6 ай бұрын
@@taylorc2542 the missile can roughly track the target way before the target is in range of its own radar seeker head.
@chriswerb74823 жыл бұрын
First of all, thank you for creating a truly excellent youtube channel. I've become a Patreon after watching many of your videos over the last few days. I very seldom find anything to take issue with. The only things I would add to this one was that the first Sparrows were not SARH - the were beam-riders. You can tell these missiles by their extremely pointed nose cones and you typically see them in photos of the F3D Skynight, the F7U-3M Cutlass and F3H Demon. Amazingly this AAM-N-2 Sparrow entered limited service as early as 1954. It was retrospectively named the Sparrow I when the active radar Sparrow II was so designated. Obviously the II never went anywhere and the semi-active Sparrow III is the one that was produced in large numbers. Another missile you could have mentioned when describing the home on jam mode of AIM-120 was the Hughes Brazo air-to-air AAM of the early 70s which apparently performed well in tests. I can see why a purely passive anti radiation AAM was a non-starter though, particularly as the same capability was eventually rolled into an active radar missile of similar dimensions .
@PassifloraCerulea2 жыл бұрын
Some notes: - 2/3 of your missiles missing their target is embarrassing! - producibility -> manufacturability - I'm astounded at how good (fast!) military GPS is compared to civilian stuff And good work. Glad I found your channel.
@icecold95112 жыл бұрын
To be fair, engaging any fighter with air to air weapons is difficult even today. There are several tactics used to cause it to lose its lock, or cause it to expend energy until it can no longer intercept a target. There is little real world experience outside simulations for modern missiles, but I'd bet 50/50 in relatively close range, dropping considerably farther out.
@IntrusiveThot4204 жыл бұрын
Wow! I don't expect much from military channels on youtube but this one is excellent!
@MCF22334 жыл бұрын
The Phoenix being not maneuverable enough to engage fighters is a very common misconception. The Phoenix was and still is perfectly capable of maneuvering to intercept fighters. The limiting factor with it however is that because of how heavy it is, its long range use against fighters is limited since it bleeds more kinetic energy maintaining the maneuvers to intercept them. Remember that one of the core jobs the Phoenix was designed for was intercepting supersonic cruise missiles in a frontal aspect (alongside intercepting fighters and bombers). Which requires much more maneuverability than intercepting even fighters, due to fighters rarely going supersonic to prevent their detection (if a supersonic aircraft flies over any hostile forces its pretty much guaranteed that they will be reported to other hostile forces) and to avoid disturbing civilians.
@MCF22334 жыл бұрын
Also, there was nothing in the the Iran-Iraq war to indicate that the Phoenix was a technological dead end, and the US sure didn't think so. The Iranians used the very first variant of the missile, the AIM-54A-Mk47, which not only had variants continue to be developed and produced by the US until the late 90s (including the A-Mk60, C, C+, C+ECCM, and the D variant which was decided that its improvements would just be done to the C+ECCM stock and be folded under that designation after about a year and a half). But the Phoenix had one of, if not, the best launch to kill ratio in the war. Phoenixes in the war achieved 74 victories (including one shot that downed 3 aircraft flying in close proximity to each other) for roughly 92 shots, resulting in a kill ratio of 80% which is higher than even the AMRAAM which has a kill ratio of 63.15%.
@richardvernon3173 жыл бұрын
High Supersonic aircraft and missiles are almost non maneuvering targets. The targets Phoenix was designed to kill were Long Range Soviet Bombers with speeds up to Mach 2 (Backfire) and High Altitude High Speed Soviet Anti Ship missiles coming in at Mach 5 at 80,000 feet.
@ghostindamachine4 жыл бұрын
Really incredible channel. You should have many more subscribers!
@rjeffm12 жыл бұрын
Sparrow is a semi-active homing missile not a beam-rider. This is important in that the width of the beam of the illuminating radar does not affect long range guidance accuracy in the way a beam riding system is affected.
@ritwikg28184 жыл бұрын
You have a great knowledge and explain jargons with ease
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@JoyZofSoRRoW2 жыл бұрын
I just visited Missile Park in Ventura California by Point Mugu and saw this missile on display in the small park along with the sparrow, Polaris and several other missiles. Nice to know more about it. Good video
@ELMS2 жыл бұрын
Such excellent and detailed content! So glad I found you. Subscribed.
@luapago4 жыл бұрын
Definition of producibility. : the character, state, or fact of being producible. So, yes it is a word. Keep up the good work!
@icecold95112 жыл бұрын
Not mentioned was the ability to fire and then maneuver against an incoming attack or attacking a second and even more targets. Letting go of lock to do so can degrade accuracy, though the lack of being dragged back and fourth by evasion maneuvers can make up for that. Also if you lose the lock on, the missile can still aquire the target on its own. A semi-active missile would be lost. Also not mentioned is that the lack of hard lock until final acquisition means no warning of incoming missile.
@heinedenmark Жыл бұрын
Very successful missiles. Longest confirmed kill, was when a Turkish F-16 shot down a L-39 from the Syrian airforce in 2020, at a range of 45 kilometers. Its surface launched cousin, the ESSM, is also very capable.
@FrateVideoMaker4 жыл бұрын
Bellissima serie! Grande
@Whiskey11Gaming3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to go rewatch the AIM54 video, but you are drastically underestimating the capabilities of the predecessor missile to the AIM-120... The AIM-54 is plenty capable of engaging and killing small, maneuvering targets. It's a Mach 5 missile with 21G worth of pull to maneuver to intercept a target. The radar seeker head was also programmable based upon expected target size which changed the time to impact activation time of the missile. The size was input into the AWG-9 which transmitted the activation command based upon what size input was selected at launch. That big 1000lb missile was plenty capable of finding and killing maneuvering fighters. The principle guidance logic of the AIM-120 was directly pulled from the AIM-54... that wouldn't have been a benefit if the missile was only designed to take down bombers.
@spackle99993 жыл бұрын
I have heard the AIM-54 was very susceptible to ground clutter. Fired at long ranges, smaller, more nimble jets could effectively evade the missile by diving and running away, which is actually what happened on at least one occasion with a Navy Tomcat.
@bluemarlin81382 жыл бұрын
@@spackle9999 Since the Phoenix was designed for fleet defense and would usually be fired over the sea in actual combat, I suspect the radar designers may have sacrificed some ability to discriminate ground clutter for range. Not much clutter on the sea surface!
@bruhbruh139682 жыл бұрын
@@bluemarlin8138 good point about detection over the ocean
@Dwight5116 ай бұрын
@@bluemarlin8138 Proceeds to lock on to a trawler
@TheAngelozarate4 жыл бұрын
Your english is just fine. Keep up the good work!
@dellaroccia3 жыл бұрын
the automatic subtitles don't get all of it, neither do I ;)
@MrOverDroid2 ай бұрын
Best channel ever !
@TLTeo4 жыл бұрын
You know, 30 MHz for an 80s CPU designed for essentially a single use isn't all that bad. I was expecting the speed to be more on the order of the KHz.
@cheesenoodles83163 жыл бұрын
I got to help produce the harness cover for the first version.
@mavisoft3 жыл бұрын
İ am watchin your videos again an again. Thank you. You are the king of EW
@richardsilva-spokane34364 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the detailed info, presented in easy-to-understand terms and concepts. I really enjoy your sense of humor, too. I just started subscribing last week (so I may have missed it) but what is your name? Where can I find your bio? Thanks, and keep them coming 👍👍👍👍👍
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
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@goodiezgrigis2 жыл бұрын
On top of that we have to consider jamming countermeasures. It is really hard to make a AA missile that is more than 50/50 effective, hence most times pairs of them are launched per targer.
@donfrandsen77783 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video Continue about future missiles Bravo!!!
@kalebgonzales40094 жыл бұрын
I have been watching a few jet docs lately and some of the videos and it’s comment section kept saying AMRAAM and as the man I am, I am a lazy @$$. The latest doc was today, then this showed up haha, thank you KZbin! And great content my good sir, keep it up!
@WXUZT4 жыл бұрын
Detailed explanation !
@johnbrady74313 жыл бұрын
Good job sir! Keep it up!
@Native_love Жыл бұрын
Great video! Thank you!
@thefrecklepuny4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Just subscribed!
@stewartmackinlay70724 жыл бұрын
Please do not apologise for your pronunciation. Your English is excellent
@pi.actual2 жыл бұрын
Just for trivia's sake: The Sparrows prior to the 7F still used vacuum tubes.
@84rb2 жыл бұрын
Could you please make a video about SAMs based on surface launched AAMs - like NASAMS and SPYDER? I would be especially interested in your oppinion about their effective range...
@nv37962 жыл бұрын
how about a video on how jammers work
@mathteacher26943 жыл бұрын
Very Interesting Information!
@donfrandsen77783 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!! Can you do a video on anti Armor missiles? Or the Trophy system anti tank missile tech Please!!
@MM-wt2oo3 жыл бұрын
Plz make a video on both meteor and PL15.
@angelwhite376 Жыл бұрын
Get well soon..
@alixilviashah71662 жыл бұрын
Excellent job 👌 Millennium 7*HistoryTech. Please also study the pink panther movies for more kudos
@andrewclemmer66294 жыл бұрын
Very good video. The information that you gave on the Phoenix missile was kind of short and my take away is that you did not know much about this missile. I think that there are some of the missiles capabilities that you are unaware of. From 1975 to 1980 I worked on the F14 and my expertise was the fire control system along with additional electronic systems. Believe me when I say there was more to the Phoenix then was ever admitted to publicly. Even if the Phoenix and the F14 are out of service I am still bound by the oath I took to keep what I know secret. So don't bother asking me to help with your research. Good luck. AQ1 Andrew T. Clemmer
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly! Pity you can't talk. Thanks for stopping by!
@taylorc25424 жыл бұрын
People have fetish-ized the F-14/Phoenix to no end. It's not in the ballpark of new smart missiles with thottleable motors and data links.
@KuraIthys4 жыл бұрын
Well, we can hardly talk about things that aren't publicly available information, so yeah... I mean, most of us have to go off what militaries will publicly release about a weapon. If any of it is false, incomplete or misleading information then... Well, that, unsurprisingly, leads people to say things about these devices that is incorrect... But if it's still secret, you can't exactly clarify the mistakes, so it becomes something of a moot point.
@easy4life23. Жыл бұрын
Love the information amazing video but the aim54 was exstreamly accurate during Iran Iraq war and definitely was not a dead end
@robertabell91824 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your video and your knowledge about certain topics please don’t add somebody’s bad taste in music thank you 🙏.
@jhwerkconsultoriaambiental11234 жыл бұрын
Very Nice. greeting from Brazil´s deep south. Ubiratan
@jpierce2l33t3 ай бұрын
Idk if you keep up with comments on old videos lol...but *DUUUUUDE* where did you get that guidance assembly code?
@Millennium7HistoryTech3 ай бұрын
It is just B-Roll, it is not the real code.
@jpierce2l33t3 ай бұрын
@@Millennium7HistoryTech LOL I figured so, especially seeing the simple functions...but I have seen example guidance code in books of course so I figured I'd ask because I always welcome new resources on such things...
@suryapratamak16902 жыл бұрын
I may be mistaken, but doesn't the aim120D have a home on jam mode. Meaning it will home in on the jamming aircraft as well.
@Millennium7HistoryTech2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but it is quite inaccurate.
@Jamesdavey3583 жыл бұрын
Wow love this channel, so informative!
@williamjr58252 жыл бұрын
Have you look up the new secret aim 260 missile
@joshuapacella0073 жыл бұрын
Nice content! Keep it up.
@saucemaster94833 жыл бұрын
Love this channel, you should get paid 100 bucks per session
@avheeaziz58774 жыл бұрын
Good lecture.
@HDSME3 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@danielramirezcruz.22093 жыл бұрын
Super video l love it thanks..
@alexblake57435 жыл бұрын
Here is a problem i learned from Pierre Sprey. If the launching plane uses a radar to search and detect targets, opposing aircraft can detect those radar signals and launch anti radiation missiles at the plane using the radar. Does this not make radars a waste of weight? A fighter jet only needs a gun, a good short range IR missile and a long range anti radiation missile. What do you think?
@Millennium7HistoryTech5 жыл бұрын
Hi Alex. Pierre Sprey is a controversial figure. He has a few point right, in my opinion, but in this case he is wrong, I believe. Current tactics require to keep the nose cold as much as possible. Either awacs planes are supposed to do the job, or ground based radars or just some of the planes in flight use their radar while everyone else waits. Most modern LPI radars try to distribute the energy on different frequencies to become difficult to intercept and track. Anti radiation can be countered easily by turning off the radar for a few seconds and veering off course. When it is turned on again, the ARM may not be in the position of chasing the target anymore. The radar, even WVR , is essential to give the pilot the situation awareness that, otherwise, wouldn't have and it gives essential cues on when to launch the missiles. However Sprey is right when he says that dogfight and short range engagements will never go away, at least with the foreseeable technologies, because there are so many situations in which the two fighters may end up being close.
@chupachups60984 жыл бұрын
@@Millennium7HistoryTech and the latest (if i'm not wrong) doesn't broadcast continously, but just in spotty times, like when the missile is in proximity of the target. Bravo Millenium 7* spieghi molto bene.
@glennridsdale5774 жыл бұрын
Pierre Sprey is an expert in his own opinion. If it were up to him the USAF would be flying F-5s and F-16As with nothing but a gun and a coupe of Sidewinders. Air combat moved on: Sprey never did.
@paulcooper90112 жыл бұрын
Interesting video. Will there be one on the ASRAAM?
@VisibilityFoggy2 жыл бұрын
Funny thing about the ASRAAM is that it IS technically classified by the DoD as the AIM-132 ASRAAM. It's an excellent missile, and a credit to our British friends for developing it after (as always) the French bailed and left them holding the bag. The UK, understandably, pretty much told the contractors to begin customizing everything specifically for RAF/RN use cases, and the U.S. used a lot of the ASRAAM research they had conducted to create what ultimately became the AIM-9X. Then the Germans bought the ASRAAM and developed it to become the IRIS-T. So there's actually quite a bit of ASRAAM "DNA" floating around in other missiles out there.
@stevenhoman22534 жыл бұрын
an eprom or eeprom is considered as firmware, as it is a physical device carrying lines of code.
@salmaniks39043 жыл бұрын
Does Amraam automatically explodes or fall on the ground intact when it misses it's target?
@rocketassistedgoat10793 жыл бұрын
As a guess; I would say it almost certainly self-destructs.
@patdbean2 жыл бұрын
Good video, has the AIM-120D had any sub-versions Since is entered service ? Also a video on the meteor missile would be interesting.
@Millennium7HistoryTech2 жыл бұрын
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@patdbean2 жыл бұрын
@@Millennium7HistoryTech thank you.
@anthonysaponaro63183 жыл бұрын
The gold standard indeed ! You got one of these things lookin at you chances are it aint gonna be a great day
@DRKILLIE4 жыл бұрын
AIM 120 still knows your location.
@garyhochstetler7082 Жыл бұрын
wasn't the sparrow intended primarily to shoot down bombers?
@screenshakeofficial2 жыл бұрын
ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR TO AIR MISSILE
@knucker27303 жыл бұрын
The missile knows where it is because it knows where it isn't.
@hrvojemikulcic70744 жыл бұрын
Steta sto nisu AIM 54 Phoenix nisu montirali na MIM 104 Patriot.
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@sensibledriver9334 жыл бұрын
The crown surely goes to meteor.
@thebajabobusa3 жыл бұрын
The US is developing a AIM-260. I believe IOC was 2022/2023. Any news?
@charliepirhonen97344 жыл бұрын
Solid state and digital technology has made huge advances. I imagine A.I. software will be the next game changer. If it isn't already...
@tdizzledashizzlerizzle96864 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately higher ups in the defense space do not seem to trust AI enough to fund such projects when current methods are likely good enough
@lqr8243 жыл бұрын
7:39 that looks like 6502 assembly language but I don't recall the BGT opcode... I don't think this would have been the right micro-processor for this missile...
@Millennium7HistoryTech3 жыл бұрын
😀 It was just representative, no way of showing the actual code!
@saidkahar54143 жыл бұрын
Very technical. How you get the detailed spec.
@Millennium7HistoryTech3 жыл бұрын
All public domain material. Start with Wikipedia and follow the references.
@jawadkazmi53272 жыл бұрын
3:34 Now this i did not know at all. F14 could take off with 6 AIM-54 but couldn't land with this payload.
@nicolaslecellier698017 күн бұрын
I guess it was impossible to land safely with the 4 belly-mounted AIM-54 (totaling 240kgs of explosive)
@Surewin_YoRaD2 жыл бұрын
Are these guys military experts?
@stevenhoman22534 жыл бұрын
why the extreme delay in using solid state componentry? bell labs developed the transistor in 1956; and with darpa and enormous quantities in the military budget of the usaf, it seems odd the delay was so prolonged. 60~70,s. additionally, the use of highly toxic propellants with higher specific impulse, would not have been out of the question during this time, if not now.
@richardvernon3173 жыл бұрын
US Army Field Tested a Transistorized Nike Hercules SAM guidance system in a Nuclear Environment during Operation Plumbob during 1957 at the Nevada Test Site. Also Trialled was the in service valve driven system. The valve based system worked when a Nuclear Explosion was set up within the systems field of view and the missile would have completed an intercept successfully. The Transistorized one kind of had the solid state components go POP when they were hit by the EMP and thus transistorized equipment was found to be useless on a Nuclear Battlefield. Seeing that the US and NATO war plan between 1956 and 1968 was "Tripwire" which meant that any soviet direct aggression in Europe would result in all out Nuclear War from the start, having weapon system electronics that didn't work in a Nuclear Environment was a bad idea. The change to solid state started in the late 1960's with the introduction of harderend EMP resistant Solid State devices and the fact that NATO's move to a "Flexible Response" War plan meant there would be a conventional war phase first in which the added capabilities of Solid State electronics would be useful.
@snotcycle3 жыл бұрын
amraam was a solid state missile from day 1, not sure what you are on about....?
@ahmadmersarani37673 жыл бұрын
What are does advantage and disadvantage of others air to air weapon systems..?. and about accuracy measurements of Target?and what are does modern-design version of AMRAAN .. respect from Bangsamoro Philippines👍👍✌️✌️🇵🇭😂☑️
@matthewwagner47 Жыл бұрын
The russian R-27 missile,is it thrust vectoring and hypersonic?
@alanb764 жыл бұрын
The word might be "manufacturability"
@paulhunter20444 жыл бұрын
...or ‘producibility’
@chupachups60984 жыл бұрын
avevo letto, se non ricordo male, che l'aim 54 adottava una particolare tattica di attacco: prendeva molta quota e dall'alto utilizzava come kill-skill la velocità di discesa in modalità lookdown-shootdown. Ne sai qualcosa in più? la tattica è verosimile?
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
E' corretto. Ormai lo fanno quasi tutti
@alexandrpetrov11103 жыл бұрын
AMRAAM Missile - The Slammer of the Skies
@gastarbieter4 жыл бұрын
what is your professional background pls?
@thelovertunisia3 жыл бұрын
The Amram does not have the long range of the Phoenix which is almost an air to ground missile in size.
@bluemarlin81382 жыл бұрын
The new AIM-120D is actually pretty close, with a range estimated to be close to 100 nautical miles. I guess rocket motors have come a long way since the 1970s.
@bodstrup4 жыл бұрын
Why was there never a Naval surface to air version of the AMRAAM ? - We still se VLS Sea Sparrow missiles on many fairly modern ships. Would an active radar homing missile not be better agains sea skimming targets ?
@Millennium7HistoryTech4 жыл бұрын
A question I have no answer too. Maybe one of the people who follow US defense more closely has an answer. Anyone?
@thunderbirdlead71354 жыл бұрын
"Designed specifically for ground-based air defense, the AMRAAM-ER missile will be integrated into the NASAMS launcher to provide increased air defense protection in the medium range air defense market. NASAMS is deployed by seven countries, and is on contract for two more, and has been integrated into the U.S.’ National Capital Region’s air defense system since 2005." according to raython website, there doesn't seem to be much information on naval launch platforms. Then again what the little i know (taking some experience from DCS as its tries its best to model every detail of air to air combat.) radar VS sea skimming targets woln't...really be the best. Dont forget about ground scatter as the missiles own radar could be bouncing off the sea causing false readings. Plus if the plane if flying quite low and sea skimming, it would relatively be easy to "notch" or evade the missile. Though take this all with a grain of salt as i have minimal experience
@bodstrup4 жыл бұрын
Thunderbirdlead I am absolutely no radar expert - but would assume - that a doppler radar can distinguish between relatively slow moving waves compared to a fast moving missile - and perhaps the seeker can be argumented with a thermal unit. Just thought an active radar homing missile could offload the radar on the launch platform and offer some OTH capability, if the target dives below the radar horizon.. But them I am clueless on radar details
@bodstrup4 жыл бұрын
Soul Sphere Thanks for the info. Looks like the active radar is ‘terminal homing only’ - which obviously can be a big benefit if the missile dives low in the final phase of flight.
@Ariccio1232 жыл бұрын
Wait where did you get the information about the CPU and the software source code?
@Millennium7HistoryTech2 жыл бұрын
It is common knowledge, it is on wikipedia too. The source code shown is not original code, it is only a prop.
@Ariccio1232 жыл бұрын
@@Millennium7HistoryTech I'm sorry, I guess I'm blind! Which page?
@hillarysemails16152 жыл бұрын
9:15 The Homo Jammer sounds awesome! I've jammed a few myself over the years. Very enjoyable. They can struggle, but they never evade my missile's seeker head. 💘🤺🥨🥕
@possiblyadickhead66534 жыл бұрын
I don't think cannons ever where important after any type of serious heat seaking missile where adapted @2:20
@saucemaster94833 жыл бұрын
Are you italian? You have a little accent not to be offensive i ma italian too and i am curious
@princesshuxian35593 жыл бұрын
AIM 120c 🥰🥰😍😍
@jaimeduncan61672 жыл бұрын
Nice, they replaced the inertial navigation system, so if you enter a GPS denial zone or during war the GPS satellites get destroyed the missiles become unusable. In any case the back bone of the air defense, the F-35 can flight in adverse weather so maybe is part of a master plan 😜
@ViceCoin2 жыл бұрын
Active radar homing is less advanced than a fighter AESA radar.
@matthewkuboushek16142 жыл бұрын
"Produciblity" is not a word. "Productivity" is the correct word.
@Youtubeuser1aa Жыл бұрын
Not really.
@charlescole4053 жыл бұрын
Extremely expensive... sounds perfect 🙈😂
@ViceCoin2 жыл бұрын
GPS navigation can be jammed or add poofed.
@nickhimaras93312 жыл бұрын
Another great video on military technology! One recommendation from the heart: Please change the tone and style of the presentation (if possible). It is distracting, being at times totally "lifestyle". Again, thank you for solid, quality analysis, sir!
@LupinYonderboy2 жыл бұрын
Anyone here play DCS?
@darkofc2 жыл бұрын
👍😊
@terrywayneHamilton3 жыл бұрын
Good info, but when are we going to shoot down a UFO> Now that would be an air to air shot.
@awg-92133 жыл бұрын
@terry Wayne Hamilton. The Russians tried that and go to well for them. But sure, why not' let's go out styling! Ha.