SAM Defense Alternative : A Possible Solution?

[Dash]

What kind of missile would the UAV carry ? if it is an AMRAAM type then you need mid course guidance,

Not all Amraam will need mid course guidance.

 

[AbuSalam]

In 2002 a MQ-1 did actually try to shoot down a Iraqi MiG-25 it fired a stinger missile at it but the seeker became distracted and missed. MiG-25 then shot the MQ-1 down.

distracted by flares???? thats where the human touch is missing...

 

[Fighter488]

guys about signal transmission we can use air ship or stragnant ballons with signal bouncing capability also an air to air def can be lethal if intigrated with AWCS and cheap ucavs in large no with ir missels and ir sensors can make a deadly wall by swarming the target ...it is possible at least it can hinder the enemys movement in air space until the big fighters arrive...my 2cent

Exactly! It is also possible. UAVs can take care or atleast engage few enemy fighters untill big fighters arrive the scene. This will prove to be a cheap defensive option as well.

 

[Jigs]

It is not the same, far from it.

The stinger missile is a shoulder launched light AA missile. If the targeting system for a stinger can be put on a tube to be carried by a person, then it fits on the uav, but larger systems carry a cost and weight penalty

and it is IR guided. (at least the versions I know)

A radar capable of aiming and firing AA missiles effectively is not a trivial matter.

What kind of missile would the UAV carry ? if it is an AMRAAM type then you need mid course guidance, also the missiles fired from fighter planes such as the F15 take advantage of the high speed of the carrier plane to achieve their ranges, fired from a much slower moving target (UAV), they wouldn't get such a range.

A navigation radar is not the same as a fire control radar

Currently the stinger is the best that can be done. Best would be to improve the missiles range and IR seeker. Active homing would take time to develop.

And the MQ-9 does have a fire control system. It would have to have one for the LGBs it can drop. It is just not geared towards A2A BVR engagements.

The Raytheon AN/DAS-1 MTS-B is a multi-use EO/IR/laser target detection, ranging and tracking equipment that was initially developed for installation aboard United States Air Force MQ-9B Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). As such, the sensor is described as making use of a "state-of-the-art" digital architecture and as providing a long-range surveillance facility together with high-altitude target acquisition, tracking, range-finding and laser designation capabilities for the Hellfire air-to-surface missile and "all" tri-service/NATO laser-guided munitions. Alongside UAV applications, MTS-B can be configured for installation aboard helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft and has an options package that includes multiple wavelength sensors, television cameras (colour and near-IR), illuminators, eye-safe range-finders, spot trackers and "other" avionics. Equally, the system's electronic and optical design are billed as providing a "clear growth path" for performance enhancements via add-in circuitry.

 

[S-A-B-E-R->]

let me get a little diverse on the topic ....guys we r moving towards a era where 5th gen is dominant ....now when we cant detect an aircraft it leaves our defense useless but hear is the idea y not detect the free fall/ rocket munition fired/dropped from the craft and destroy it in mid air by cannons /misses/lazes/electric bolts..etc ..kind of a C-ram but much more comprehensive and precise ....when the ordinance is rendered useless the presence of enemy is useless if it try to use its own canon it ll have to come down in the danger zone...the detection can be the intigation of radar /ir/uv /sound/memory cams etc this way any kind of arial munition can be tackeled and the pilot ll be like"DUH!...wt the f**K"(kidding)...plz comment..

 

[Tayyab1796]

Guys i m not an expert on this but i hav a feeling that since UAV's are sent signals(orders) from the ground/air u can hack them as well . Aviation experts are calling UAVs the future of aviation and if these can be hacked then i see a whole new industry of hacking devices/technology/experts emerging.

 

[Thomas]

distracted by flares???? thats where the human touch is missing...

The stinger seeker head is older technology. It doesn't have the same capability as say the seeker head of an AIM 9X which can differentiate better between a flare and engine.