EA capability and RF homing

[SeaQueen]

Originally Posted by LuftWolf

In terms of anti-ship missiles, none of these are anti-radiation missiles as far as I know.

I believe there was a ship-launched version of the the Standard ARM. The air-based version was based off the ship based Standard missile, so making a ship-launched ARM was not a big deal. I don't think they're still in inventory, though. They were included in the Harpoon database. They were useful. They put your target ship in a dilemna.

He could shut down his radars and take the hit from something like a Harpoon, or he could turn the radar on and try to shoot down both the ARM and the cruise missile. I can't help but think that the more different types of guidence one includes in a volley of missiles, the more difficult the volley is to shoot down, because it would require the application of different types of countermeasures. I might be wrong there, though.

I mean, the Harpoon was slow relative to Standard missiles, so who knows? A targetted ship could probably could turn his radar off, wait for the Standards to miss, then turn it back on again then shoot down the Harpoon. So maybe it's not such a big deal. The thought was good, though. Maybe with supersonic cruise missiles a similar weapon will make an appearence somewhere, someday.