Re: DSII Guided Missile System Proposal

At 03:54 AM 06-06-98 -0500, you wrote:
>You wrote: 
>
>>I think also that ADS and LAD systems need to expand their defensive
>>umbrellas to 48" so that missile armed gunships stop smoking them from
>>beyond their engagement envelope.
>
>Well, for a 20mm autocannon, the ADS and LADs have a fairly generous 
>range already--3.6km is damn good for a system like that.  What I want 
>to see is multiple mode targeting for GMSs to knock down aircraft 
>(ADATS, anyone?) plus maybe specialized SAMs and directed enery AAA.
>
>John
>
>
Good point John, but do ADS and LADs have to be autocannons? Why not
HELs?
Then the range would be dependant on sensor quality. Superior could be
LOS
maybe?

									
	       Ed