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Originally Posted by LoBlo
Well, what Raytheon is proporting is that the AIM-9 series is pretty established, and the VLS sytems are pretty established, so why not bring two established systems together to see if they will work together? Just some software modifications & a cheap launch capsule and its ready for testing.
I think the CONOPs is that if a ASW aircraft has already detected you, last layer defense is to blow him up before he can drop a torp. Or if he's already dropped a torp, then evade and blow him out the water before he can drop another one. There's a pretty good chance that the submarine communities current concensus is such because.... its the only option they're ever had...  |
Submarines are designed to operate under the surface.
It was the german type XXI which revolutionized and made a paradigm shift in the way submarines were designed and utilized in modern warfare.
Up to then subs were basically surface ships, who went underwater only in the attack phase.
Maybe raytheon should go back in time and try to sell surface to air missiles to us fleet subs. :rotfl:
I don't see any utility for surface to air missiles on subs.
To fire you have to be on the surface, and you become vulnerable to surface to surface missiles.
Did you forget those existed ?
The existence of a sub is to be underwater for extended periods of time, carry out the mission as stealthily as possibile, attack as stealthily as possibile etc... and never surface.
Wasn't that the concept behind a submarine nuclear fleet ?
Adding surface to air missiles just negates the purpose of a submarine.