Posted on 05/13/2009 5:47:30 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Israel Unveils Mini-Aegis Missile
Posted by Bill Sweetman at 5/12/2009 5:54 AM CDT
Israel Aerospace Industries is showing a full-scale mockup of the Barak 8 surface to air missile (SAM) for the first time at the IMDEX maritime defense show, which opened in Singapore today. Being co-developed with India, Barak 8 is also destined to equip Israel's next missile frigates, possibly based on the US Littoral Combat Ship. (A mockup without the full-length missile was on show at Euronaval last fall.)
Key features of the 70 km-range Barak 8 missile are an active radar seeker and a dual-pulse solid rocket motor. The first motor pulse propels the weapon through most of its trajectory while the second fires as the missile approaches its target, giving it the energy necessary to defeat evasive action or random weaving. The active seeker means that the missile is autonomous in the endgame, leaving the ship's radar free to track other targets. The missile launcher comprises an eight-round module, three or more of which could make up a typical system.
Also new from IAI-Elta is the EL/M-2258 Alpha (advanced lightweight phased array) radar - visible behind the missile. It uses the same S-band transmit/receive modules as the four-face, static EL/M-2248 developed for the Barak 8 system, but is a single-face radar with both mechanical and electronic scanning in azimuth. It offers 360-degree, electronic-only and sector-scan options. This makes it lighter and more compatible with topweight limits on small ships.
It will be nice when Jesus is here and they are all plow sheers.
India and Israel agreed to jointly develop a new long range, land-based air defense system to replace the aging Pechora (SA-3 GOA) missiles currently in service with the Indian Air Force. Covering a range of 70 km, the new missile will almost double the range of the 60km vertically launched Barak 8 shipborne missile (also known as Barak NG) currently being developed for the Indian and Israeli Navies under a US$480 million five year program launched in early 2006.
The new missile system will be based on the medium-range naval air defense missile currently under development for the Indian and Israeli Navies. The naval application of the missile will be integrated with the MF-STAR phased array shipborne radar, which Elta claims to be superior to the SPY-1 AEGIS radar. Overall, the MF-STAR / Barak 8 combination is claimed to be superior to the leading US made systems such as AEGIS or Patriot PAC-3 missile systems.
Image: A view of the Barak 8, developed for shipborne defense as well as ground based air defense applications. (Photo: IAI)
Barak 8 missile utilizes a fully active seeker, the missile is not dependent on the launcher for targeting and guidance, and can perform at much longer ranges, offering effective protection from aerial threats, manned, unmanned as well as guided weapons. Covering both low and high altitudes, the missile is designed for operation on-board ships as well as for terrestrial applications. Barak 8 system is designed to engage multiple targets simultaneously with deadly effectiveness. The missile uses vertical launched missile is designed to offer 360 degrees protection, utilizing an advanced active radar seeker. The missile is equipped with a two-way datalink, supporting mid-course updating and terminal updating and validation. To extend its datalink and C3 coverage over a wide area, the system will integrate surface based radars and communications elements with airborne manned and unmanned elements, maximizing its operability and range over all types of terrain.
MR-SAM is expected to streamline with the original Barak 8 schedule, adding about $300 million to the program development cost. In its decision last week the Indian Government earmarked a total funding of about Rs10,000 crore (about US$2.5 billion) for the medium range surface-to-air missiles (MR-SAM) project. The program will include the deployment of up to nine air defense squadrons. The MR-SAM development will be conducted under the bilateral agreement signed between the two countries, which will guide the scope of collaboration formulating between DRDO and IAI defined in a memorandum of agreement signed in New Delhi, June 2007.
The Indian Air Force plans to re-equip nine air defense squadrons with the new missile, each including two batteries comprising a multi-mission radar system performing target acquisition and guidance, command-and-control element and three container-launchers each mounting eight missiles.
Prime contractor for the program will be the Indian DRDO, with IAI missile and space group acting as leading subcontractor with IAI's Elta Systems providing the radar and Israel's RAFAEL producing the interceptor missiles. According to the bilateral agreement, the Indians will be able to locally produce and support the systems.
Barak 8 is expected to be part of a new offensive and defensive system suite under development at IAI's Missiles and Space division. This new family of weapons will also comprise the latest generation Gabriel 5 anti-ship missile, an integrated combat management system and multi-function EL/M-2248 MF-STAR shipborne phased array radar system.
Photo below: MF-STAR operating scenario showing multiple engagements of vertically launched Barak/Barak NG missiles simultaneous with firing offensive weapons (image by IAI).
Naval Barak-8 is an advanced, long-range missile defense and air defense system.
Main Features:
Barak-8 meets and exceeds performance of other similar defense systems, while maintaining unique advantages:
http://www.iai.co.il/34408-36713-en/default.aspx
India is a natural new military partner for Israel to replace the United States as Obama turns our back on the 61-year alliance. Moreover, Israel could very effectively mount an attack on Iran via Indian territory, avoiding the need to secure U.S. permission to cross Iraq.
“India is a natural new military partner for Israel to replace the United States as Obama turns our back on the 61-year alliance. “
Wasn’t Israel a partner with South Africa before the whole Mandela flap destroyed their country?
When Jesus comes, all this stuff will already have been used up.
Just sayin’.
There was a nuclear connection.
No, it is all going to BURN!!
Yep. Fortunately for Israel, India is less vulnerable to being destroyed by politically-correct idiocy.
“India is a natural new military partner for Israel to replace the United States”
Note who made the SAM it is replacing. SA-3 is Russion
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God love the Israelis. Also, that’s an ironic name for such an effective weapon.
Israel could very effectively mount an attack on Iran via Indian territory, avoiding the need to secure U.S. permission to cross Iraq.
Glad you mentioned that.
For months now I’ve been saying, “Watch Turkey! Watch Turkey!” as if that was the only country from which the Israelis could operate from.
you betcha!!
That's right. The Russians are freaking out, and have been using every connection they with the Indian Left and Marxists to try and scuttle the huge defense deals recently struck between India and Israel.
Yeah. That Russian crap worked really well in Iraq.
An Indian-based attack would be a good idea.
Thing is, they’d have to position the craft out probably weeks ahead of time, which would be pretty obvious.
“Israel could very effectively mount an attack on Iran via Indian territory, avoiding the need to secure U.S. permission to cross Iraq.”
I just looked at a map.
To pull that off, the flight would be (assuming you left from Nepal) over Pakistan, Afganistan, and most of the length of Iran.
It’s like 3 times farther than “going around.”
I don't think so...here is the path I came up with. The split at the end would depend on whether it is more dangerous to fly around Dubai or over the mountains in Iran. what makes the strike easier is that the reactor is on a peninsula.
How about a Doolittle raid? Put a flight deck on an oil tanker (1500ft) and have F-16s take off (take off distance = 1500 ft, so add some length to the puppy).
Land back in Israel.
Or maybe use India’s aircraft carrier. . . .
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