Re: Quick question on GMS

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 18:46:35 +0200 Oerjan Ohlson
<oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> writes:
>Brian Bilderback wrote:
>
> >Is it plausible that a GMS should:
> >
> >A) On one hand have an easier time hitting a target at middle ranges 
>than
> >at short range, since it has more time to home in on the target;
>
>"Short range" in this case is typically less than 100 meters (ie., 
>well 
>inside DS2 "Close Assault" range) for today's missiles, and I'd be 
>very 
>surprised if it increases in the future - the opposite is rather more 
>likely :-/ The arming distance Glenn was talking about is usually even 
>
>shorter, BTW (just long enough that a premature explosion shouldn't be 
>able 
>to harm the ATGM crew).
>

Thanks for the info, I'll keep it in mind!

>Longer flight times gives more time for activating countermeasures... 
>but 
>activating countermeasures too early gives the missile more time for 
>counter-countermeasures (or to re-aqcuire the real target, in case of 
>"hit/miss"-style countermeasures like decoys - either the missile is 
>fooled 
>by them or it isn't, but the time of exposure to the decoy/whatever 
>isn't 
>necessarily important). This is very much part of the "Wiz War", and 
>is IMO 
>well represented by the ECM-quality-vs-GMS-quality opposed dieroll.
>

Thanks for putting facts in place of my gut impression.

> >B) on the other hand be easier for ADS to take out the further it 
>has to
> >pass through an ADS' zone of fire, since the ADS _ALSO_ gets longer 
>to
> >lock in on it?
>
>Plausible but not guaranteed, depending among other things on how well 
>the 
>missile can use terrain etc. to mask its approach (ref: the "Gently" 
>thread).
>
>Later,
>
>Oerjan
>oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
>
>"Life is like a sewer.
>  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
>-Hen3ry
>

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