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There are huge possibilities that someone already did it!! Its like another jammer but special for some missiles.Saar it is highely unlikely for a country to develop a missile specific jammer.
Now can a country develop missile specific jammer - Yes it can in theory. For this to be accomplished the missile source codes , frequencies should be present with the enemy country -- untill and unless this is present they cannot design a missile specific jammer.
Further adding to the complication is --
1) Lets assume that a country puts in thousands of man hours and arrives at the correct frequency and other needed material of this missile-- But at what cost ? Missiles are constantly upgraded , so the enemy country would always be playing a catch up game -- investing so much money only too see that it is being nullified.
2) Second scenario -- lets say a war broke out-- Enemy country has missile specific jammer.
But in a air combat -- how will a pilot know which missile has been fired at him or her ? It can be R77 or R27 or Meteor or Astra -- all covering wide spectrum of frequencies --in this scenario the best possible way to counter it is to send out high amount of radio frequencies to Jam a missile and not a specific radio frequency.
So as i said -- yes it is possible that radio frequencies of the missiles are compromised (although i dont see that happening , no manufacture would divulge these details) -- but i dont believe in countries proactively investing in finding out jamming frequency of missile. They are much better off trying to devise a global package.
It is always better to have indigenous missiles -- gives a great platform for our engineers to build more better platforms -- and that i believe is the only reason.
If they already didn't, trying their best atleast.trust chinese to do that !! That is the only thing i can say !
The thing you were talking about is ECCM of an AAM. Thats why I bring it.Not sure where you are going with ECCM ? But it is generally called electronic counter measures -- In other words countering electronic warfare.
When a figher fires AIM 120C -- it feeds the target co ordinates to the missile seeker -- Missile seeker algorithm calculates the approximate area where a fighter can be based on altitude , distance , speed etc -- This is done for the AIM 120 C to know when to switch on its terminal guidance.
Now when a fighter tries to jam the incoming missile -- the ECCM detects the jamming signals (if there is a sudden overload in signal frquencies) -- the ECCM feeds this information to active guidance seeker -- the seeker switches the mode to 'Home on Jam' mode. The fighter which is sort of like a shining beacon of frequencies is identified by the missile --co-ordinates are again keyed in --ultimately resulting in the destruction of target.
this is the theoretical knowledge that i have -- however there are escape possibilities which is very evident considering that AIM has so far only 50% success rate (6 out of 12).
But for your regard, Astra also has same capability in the mean of ECCM. Thats another reason I bring ECCM here.
When a jammer is developed, that country tests it against some live missiles and if our missiles are also available to them they will definitely test the jammer against them. Its can be done with out knowing the source code but its not difficult to intercept the frequency of the homing head.
1) They don't need 'thousands of man hours', if they just put the missile on a radar testing facility the frequency can be easily intercepted. Its very easy with modern instruments. Missiles are constantly upgraded, yes, but only by the source country not by the buyer!! Thats why I said indigenous AAM is very very crucial in modern day warfare.
A captured missile's first stop is a clean room, where its brain is wired to relay the commands that the guidance system sends to its steering fins. Strapped to testbeds, the Jam lab researchers first determine how the missile tracks its targets. Any new methods are revealed by this electronic vivisection. "We're always looking for, and asking for, new threat systems," says Paul Squires, the Jam Lab's senior principal physicist.
One missile's brainstem has been trapped in this limbo, undergoing daily testing for more than seven years.
"It takes a couple years to obtain a new seeker and develop a countermeasure. Then it's another couple years before its fielded, and then they can respond. But that takes another five years of development."
2) Its not just a missile specific jammer as I said earlier but it makes the job much easier for the jammer. In its memory it saves the threat possibilities/frequencies from certain missiles and try to intercept those frequencies first.
The pilot need not to identify which missile coming towards him but RWR and jammers can do the job and intercept the incoming missile fast.
If the missiles are Meteor or Astra than the jammer will find it very difficult to intercept and jam but if it is R-77 (say the enemy have it) than the work will be lot easier for the jammer. Because it will start intercepting the missile's possible frequency stored in the jammer's memory. Its independent of which missile is coming but the jammer will first try to intercept the frequencies stored in its memory against certain enemy missiles.
Enemies are working on it mate! Thy are working on our mainstay.
Think of the scenario, we have SD-10 and DRDO developed a jammer, shouldn't we try to test it against SD-10? Or when the jammer being developed, wouldn't we keep in mind SD-10?
The thing you were talking about is ECCM of an AAM. Thats why I bring it. .That is called INS + Mid-course + terminal seeker guidance system.
Yes, thats the work of ECCM in a BVR missile. When the the fighter try to jam the missile with ECM the missile's ECCM converts the missile into an anti-radiation missile and the missile home on the the source of radiation ie the fighter aircraft. I think you were talking about same capability of AIM-120C, isn't it?
But you said that Astra doesn't have such capability....
But for your regard, Astra also has same capability in the mean of ECCM. Thats another reason I bring ECCM here.
Good News.
When is Astra Expected to e Ready.. Any Idea??
Most of todays aircrafts go much faster than that, so it may be only for chasing and not for killingDescribing 'Astra' as a futuristic missile, the scientists said the weapon could intercept targets at supersonic speed (mach 1.2 to 1.4).
Most of todays aircrafts go much faster than that, so it may be only for chasing and not for killing
guyz wat is tail chase and head chase mode?