“IF” that is correct, can the US do so?
Yes.
Presenting the Lockheed Martin Counter Battery Radar:
Contrary to a guided missile, rockets have a arc or trajectory if you prefer that term, and it is possible to use that arc and speed to compute its point of origination.
I read years ago that the military had a means of computing the origin of mortars.
“IF” that is correct, can the US do so?
You know we can, and this tech is available to our forces in harm’s way.
I used to work at Hughes Aircraft, in Fullerton. In the 80’s, the company made the “FireFinder” radar systems. They located the origin of mortar launches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/TPQ-37_Firefinder_radar
Counter battery radar.
They also move the launchers the moment they let fly, so as to avoid becoming crispy critters. Go to a different site, launch again. Always make sure that following the trajectory will cause the retaliation to fall on a mother and children and several puppies and kittens.
They have the ability to actually destroy you before your rounds even land, but that removes their ability to check for collateral damage risks.
I wish they would just say you shoot you loose and anyone near you better run.
Yes we can...but let’s follow OPSEC. We are at war.
Yes.
Presenting the Lockheed Martin Counter Battery Radar:
Counterbattery radar has been a thing since WW2, it’s even automated now. The question is whether counterbattery fire is authorized or in range of our artillery, not whether we can return fire.
Twent years ago, the us had the tech to pinpoint the launch site and the destination from the first few seconds of launch... decades ago... I am sure we are ready for any mullah ballistics
I can assure you that triangulating the origin or mortars and rockets is very simple and it’s tech that has been in the field for a long time.
Its called “counter battery fire” using “counter battery radar”. The U.S. had this before Iraq invaded Kuwait.
counter-battery radars intercept the incoming rounds and calculate the launch point. (I used to be in FA)
I used to teach the method in Iraq. Basically, you analyze the crater to determine the azimuth it came in on, and backplot that on a map. If you have more than one crater, where the lines intersect on the map is the point of origin. It takes at least 3 craters to get an accurate location. All very low tech, but it works. The problem we ran into in Iraq is that they would fire them from disposable tubes in the middle of the wasteland, jump in the truck, and be gone before the rockets even landed.
Likely launching from hospitals and schools.
Counter-battery radar has existed since the late Vietnam war.
“IF” that is correct, can the US do so?
The tech has progressed to the point where mortar launch points can be located.
There was a video made by Iraqi insurgents years ago, that shows a crewman loading and firing a mortar while saying "Allahu Akbar" with each shot. In the distance a muffled shot can be heard and seconds later the jihadi and his mortar are blasted to smithereens.
Yes they do. It works off of acoustics. It can pin point a mortar pit location on first round and blow it.
What is now the US Army Research Lab, got its start a *long* time ago (before Viet Nam) as the Ballistic Research Lab. They had one of the first electronic computers, specifically to calculate artillery trajectories.
(I'm surprised Faecesbook or someone doesn't have it as an app by now.)
Counter-battery radar was deployed in Vietnam. It worked well then. I suspect it is a lot better now.
If they did years ago, they can sure as hell do it now. They’re already fitting the equipment onto various armor and othe mobile platforms.
Problem is that the iranians *spit* have mobile launch platforms. The problem for the iranians *spit* is that these are easily trackable via satellite and who know what else we currently have flirting about in near space.
Hopefully, current events will encourage the Persians to rise up against the iranian *spit* mullahs and reclaim their civilization.