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To: Mariner
"While not invisible, you have to get eyes on it to shoot at it with cannon."

What about surfaced to air guided missles?

5 posted on 06/10/2021 1:52:34 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021 under Biteme.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Strategic stealth isn’t a thing any more (’nobody can see me’) but tactical stealth still is (’good luck getting a missile lock’) and it’s why it’s still worth doing.

Something like this would be localized to vector fighters on, but the current state of the art is not such that radar guided SAMs would be able to get a lock unless some highly unlikely circumstances happen. However, if fighters with IRST and IR missiles show up, it is likely that they can get a lock and fire on it - the question is at what range, and IRST/seekerheads get better and better every year.


9 posted on 06/10/2021 1:56:20 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: A Navy Vet

“What about surfaced to air guided missles? “

They use either HF radar or IR for targeting.

They can get close...then fly away.


11 posted on 06/10/2021 1:57:04 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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