That's what I was wondering as well, since a 50+ nm effective engagement range seemed a bit too much. I calculated a theoretical range at which a Tico could illuminate a missile flying 15 meters above sea level (simple trigonometry), and got a result of
about 18 nm (assuming the illuminator is 30 m above sea level). If we double the illuminator height, the range increases to about 22 nm.
Apparently, SM-2 Block IIIB and Block IVA missiles have an IR guidance mode, so if the link data is accurate enough, I guess longer engagement ranges could be possible.
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Originally Posted by Molon Labe
... Or, have the missiles fired before the vamps are illluminated, but timed so that the vamps are illuminated just before the missiles arrive.
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This would be perfect in my opinion...
Anyway,
to LuftWolf for finding a way to make AEGIS ships more effective!