How effective can ERA be in an active and ongoing battle? The first missile hit may be defeated by the ERA, but the second should strike a killing blow.
“How effective can ERA be in an active and ongoing battle? The first missile hit may be defeated by the ERA, but the second should strike a killing blow.”
What’s the likelihood of hitting the same exact spot?
Factor in distance, wind speed, temperature, movement of the launch vehicle, movement of the target vehicle and it will be virtually impossible to hit the same spot twice.
BUT
The way around ERA, are missiles with tandem warheads. The first smaller warhead detonates the ERA brick, leaving the second larger warhead to penetrate the armor. For example, the TOW missile starting with the BGM-71C ITOW thru the BGM-71E TOW 2A had stand off probes to defeat reactive armor. At the tip of the probe is a small explosive charge to pop the ERA while the main body of the missile is just far enough away to keep from being disrupted by the exploding ERA.