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  1. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    USN just successfully tested the next generation anti radiation missile, AARGM-ER... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/41798/first-live-fire-test-of-navys-new-long-range-anti-radiation-missile-was-a-success
  2. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    ARM will always be the primary weapon for SEAD. But there will be other weapons for it as you mentioned which gives SEAD forces a wide latitude of options in going after advanced SAMs. Regarding Graywolf project, welll it does not seem ato be copying from MBDA's Smart Glider program. The...
  3. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    It's good to have your own ARM as you can tailor it to your needs. The only drawback in developing it yourselves is the cost since the export market is very limited and even your own need for such missile will not be as much as ordinary A2A missiles, as the Germans has learned.
  4. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Then there is this assessment from Israeli Debka publication on the same Oct. 16 raid: Why Russian-made air-defense missiles miss Israel Air Force raiders In the last fortnight, missiles fired by Syria’s Russian-made air defense systems twice missed hitting Israeli air force planes – the...
  5. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    It seems that the Israeli Air Force has been poking the integrated Syrian-Russian Air Defense system in Syria: Israeli Military Exposes Vulnerabilities in Joint Russian-Syrian Air Defense Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 14 Issue: 135 By: Roger McDermott October 24, 2017 On October...
  6. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Another takeway from the above-mentioned Armada article is that NATO EW in SEAD environment will use more artificial intelligence (AI) to keep up with advances in adversary radar tech. But the primary SEAD approach will still be airborne platforms.
  7. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Interestingly, in 2014 the NATO alliance agreed in Wales that by 2025 50% of NATO SEAD capabilities will be handled by Europeans. And one of the cornerstone of NATO SEAD is ARM. So ARM is not going away in Europe. Meteor is even proposed to be modified to take on an ARM role...
  8. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    BTW, the German MOD is considering the option of integrating AARGM with the EF. Certainly, if the EF is chosen to replace Tornado then we'll definitely see the integration of AARGM into it.
  9. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Germany will replace its Tornados with new platform (F-35 or EF) but will most likely retain SEAD capabilities. And if German politicians get their way and make Luftwaffe chose the EF then they will need the AARGM-ER under development since the unstealthy EF will have a hard time conducting SEAD...
  10. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    You keep on repeating this claim as if it's a mantra. ARM will be important in SEAD as long as there are radars. But because ARM are very expensive and highly specialized weapons (only few are needed) so only very few countries will induct them. For the rest who cannot afford them they will...
  11. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    ARMIGER is already cancelled and is not going back after the Germans got burned with very high expense of developing an advanced ARM. So the only viable solution for the Germans is to acquire AARGM if it wants to continue having an ARM capability. Germany will not induct a lot of ARM into its...
  12. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Okay, i now found the citations to the dual mode passive radar/IR seeker on ARMIGER, it's called "ARAS" developed by Diehl BGT Defence. So you're wrong again. The dual-mode seeker on ARMIGER was not developed by Dassault Electronique, it was purely a German effort.
  13. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    The insertion of IR in ARMIGER was the German idea, perhaps Germany came up with that idea during its joint early design work for the ARAMIS with France, from which France would early on withdraw from, but the rest of the homing system is taken from Germany's participation in the AGM-88D upgrade...
  14. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Re Luftawffe's selection of AARGM as its HARM replacement, read this article: http://www.defence24.com/aargm-missile-for-italy-and-germany-nato-rebuilds-its-anti-radiation-capabilities
  15. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    No, it was not just renamed. The ARMIGER came out after German participation with AGM-88D upgrade program. When the US Navy pulled out of AGM-88D, Germany decided to proceed with its own ARM program under ARMIGER. Read again the source I quoted above.
  16. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    Re, ARMIGER tech, the article I quoted above has made reference to ARMIGER using HARM tech: The above quote is corroborated in the book "Detecting and Classifying Low Probability Intercept Radar" which has this to say on the ARMIGER development:
  17. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    You should have read the whole flightglobal article. It says there that France withdrew from Aramis. And Germany wad alone when it tried to develop ARMIGER, only to pull the plug after the project proved too ecpendive for it. The passive radar detection and homing ideas works in the same...
  18. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    I knew these systems before. I just thought it was a given that you know them already. That's why I was surprised that even that you made an issue out of. Anyway, it took me sometime to reply since I have my main job to do. POPPY was used to detect, identify and locate both naval and...
  19. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    You're getting funnier my friend. Take the case of the 4 constellation LEO ELINT satellite system in the US dubbed as POPPY. This ELINT satellite system is already retired and the program declassified in 2005. As I posted in previous posts the US has sent ELINT satellites since 1960, 50 years...
  20. asianobserve

    Anti-Radiation Missiles vs. Radars

    BTW, there are several kinds of intelligence or so called "INT" satellites. You have SIGINT, ELINT, RADINT, COMINT, MASINT.
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