Wire guided weapons, where is the wire ?

gimpy117 · 10-11-10, 03:13 PM

depends on the munition, but usually inside the device

Platapus · 10-11-10, 03:57 PM

We have found out that there is less drag when the wire is carried by the missile/torpedo

Modern day wire guided munitions actually have a powered roller so that no longer is the wire pulled from the munition (what a drag) but is fed outside as the munition moves. The intent is do keep the wire just slack through the run.

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,382 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	We have found out that there is less drag when the wire is carried by the missile/torpedo Modern day wire guided munitions actually have a powered roller so that no longer is the wire pulled from the munition (what a drag) but is fed outside as the munition moves. The intent is do keep the wire just slack through the run. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.