Hello everybody. I'm new on this post. I have read a great deal on naval systems but I have no practical experience (no military on industry experience).
I've read through many of your posts, and I am truely impressed with your collective technical knowledge. I wanted some imput on the advantages/disanvantages of some of the close range SAm systems that are currently deployed throughout the world> I've listed what I have on these systems below. Any input would be appreciated and certainly educational to me:
SEAWOLF - Only capable of engaging single target per illuminator
BARAK - Has capability of engaging two targets per illuminator, but someone told me on another post that it does not have a supersonic intercept capability like Sea Wolf
SA-N-9 - Also has capability of engaging two targets per illuminator
SA-N-11 on CADS-N-1 - Honestly I know very little about this system - single
target per illumintor?
MISTRAL - IR guided. Does it have midcourse guidance/datalink for engagement of multiple targets like ESSM?
RAM - Same question as to midcourse guidance/datalinks as Mistral. How does it compare more specifically to Mistral?
UMKHONTO - Same class as Mistral?
I did not include ASTER-15 and ESSM in this list because both seem to have longer ranges that put them in a different class.
Thank you.
I've read through many of your posts, and I am truely impressed with your collective technical knowledge. I wanted some imput on the advantages/disanvantages of some of the close range SAm systems that are currently deployed throughout the world> I've listed what I have on these systems below. Any input would be appreciated and certainly educational to me:
SEAWOLF - Only capable of engaging single target per illuminator
BARAK - Has capability of engaging two targets per illuminator, but someone told me on another post that it does not have a supersonic intercept capability like Sea Wolf
SA-N-9 - Also has capability of engaging two targets per illuminator
SA-N-11 on CADS-N-1 - Honestly I know very little about this system - single
target per illumintor?
MISTRAL - IR guided. Does it have midcourse guidance/datalink for engagement of multiple targets like ESSM?
RAM - Same question as to midcourse guidance/datalinks as Mistral. How does it compare more specifically to Mistral?
UMKHONTO - Same class as Mistral?
I did not include ASTER-15 and ESSM in this list because both seem to have longer ranges that put them in a different class.
Thank you.