Does the US not have a supersonic SSM?

Pillar · 10-05-08, 02:25 PM

Interesting stuff, thanks. I asked a similar question (in more general terms) on another forum and the advice was that main advantage of dealing with slower vs faster inbounds was shot allocation, i.e, getting to wait and see the results of your shots before deciding to shoot again or retain the missile for other use. That is reduced to expected defensive use as far as I know with frigates, because they use dedicated missile systems for each purpose. A friend actually wrote out a simulator in Mathematica and passed along the findings. I can dig up a link for that if you're interested in the analysis. I'm curious how significant (or not) the difference in kill probability for defensive missiles is against supersonic vs subsonic sea-skimmer missiles?

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10-05-08, 02:25 PM	#10
Pillar Electrician's Mate Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 138 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Interesting stuff, thanks. I asked a similar question (in more general terms) on another forum and the advice was that main advantage of dealing with slower vs faster inbounds was shot allocation, i.e, getting to wait and see the results of your shots before deciding to shoot again or retain the missile for other use. That is reduced to expected defensive use as far as I know with frigates, because they use dedicated missile systems for each purpose. A friend actually wrote out a simulator in Mathematica and passed along the findings. I can dig up a link for that if you're interested in the analysis. I'm curious how significant (or not) the difference in kill probability for defensive missiles is against supersonic vs subsonic sea-skimmer missiles?