Anyone know anything about this?
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Zen
Regards,
Zen
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 Zenmastur |
Aegis Ships to get PAC-3 Missiles? |
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Posts: 1278 ( 1-May-2008 00:39:32) |
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Posts: 3535 ( 1-May-2008 00:42:47) |
nope. someone is confusing the Patriot pac-3 with the Standard Missile 3. SM-3 is the shipboard ABM.
Republican; because not everyone can be on welfare.
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Posts: 1006 ( 1-May-2008 02:06:51) |
Aegis Ships To Get PAC-3 Missile
A draft request for proposals (RFP) could be released as soon as April for a new sea-based missile that would provide U.S. Navy combatant commanders with short- and medium-range tactical ballistic missile defense capabilities. Lockheed Martin recently completed a year-long feasibility study commissioned by the Navy demonstrating the ability of its Patriot Advance Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile to be integrated onto an Aegis ship. According to a Lockheed engineer, the PAC-3 requires only slight modifications to be suitable for the Navy, including software changes for a different launch profile and an S-band communications link module. "The integration is fairly straightforward," a Lockheed official said. "We think we have a viable contender" for the Missile Defense Agency-funded effort. Raytheon is the only other competitor to offer the capability, called Sea-Based Missile Segment Enhancement (SBMSE). http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/PAC3032008.xml&headline=Aegis%20Ships%20To%20Get%20PAC-3%20Missile |
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Posts: 3540 ( 1-May-2008 17:46:01) |
that makes more sense. But its still only a draft request for proposal.
so a long way yet before that is a done deal. Not to say that it couldn't happen, but I suspect an SM variant would have the inside track in any such competition. (granting the potential for a "preferred vendor" upset like the KC45 award) should be interesting.
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Posts: 1279 ( 1-May-2008 23:42:10) |
...just like ESSM would make this a very attractive option.
I guess this means that the next addition would be THAAD. It fits diameter-wise, not sure about length though. Its EXTREME fly out speed and maneuverability would make it a natural! |
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Posts: 4209 ( 2-May-2008 00:24:32) |
What does THAAD bring that SM-3 doesn't already have? I know -- a smaller engagement window, a checkered test history, a flawed operational concept, and a
large navalization bill. No thanks.
Sorry for the snark, but IMO, SM-3 does the exo-atmospheric regime far better than THAAD will (assuming it ever works consistently), while whatever gets picked for the Sea-Based Missile Segment Enhancement (SM-2 Block 6A or Navy PAC-3) should be better at endo-atmospheric intercepts. THAAD is an awkward compromise of the two regimes -- jack of all trades and master of none. |
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Posts: 100 ( 6-May-2008 19:11:43) |
That seems weird...Surely THAAD was to be paired with PAC-3, so why would its footprint extend to endo-atmospheric? Outside of a checkered testing history I
was unaware that they system had any liabilities.
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Posts: 1332 ( 6-May-2008 19:20:00) |
From what I've heard PAC-3 is more of a point defence system. THAAD is area-capable in both endo- and exo-atmospheric interceptions.
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Posts: 3555 ( 6-May-2008 19:49:48) |
drunknsubmrnr wrote: that's correct. Likewise the SM-3 is not in the same class as the THAAD but a bit more reach than the PAC-3.
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Posts: 2924 ( 6-May-2008 20:36:41) |
So the SM-3 can't do exo-atmospheric intercepts, eh? Someone should tell NASA, so they can find what really downed that failing satellite, then.
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Posts: 1765 ( 6-May-2008 20:47:37) |
That missile was modified for that job.
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