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Re: Quantum radar will expose stealth aircraft

From "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.military.naval, sci.physics
Subject Re: Quantum radar will expose stealth aircraft
Date 2018-05-01 13:52 -0700
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On 4/27/2018 2:58 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
> "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> wrote
> on Thu, 26 Apr 2018 22:25:37 -0700:
> 
>> On 4/25/2018 9:29 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
>>> "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> wrote
>>> on Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:29:45 -0700:
>>>
>>>> On 4/25/2018 11:05 AM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
>>>>> Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> wrote on Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:21:50 -0500:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/24/2018 4:42 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/24/2018 1:50 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>>>>      On 4/23/2018 11:17 PM, Juergen Nieveler wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 24.04.2018 07:17, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Will taking off in an F16 soon be equal to taking off in an F22 wrt
>>>>>>>>>> the fact that they can both be seen!?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I doubt it will happen "soon"... but it's a stern reminder that
>>>>>>>>> stealth technology is just a bet against the ingeniousness of physics
>>>>>>>>> grad students in the next 5 decades...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That has to be interesting to any pilot. They might find themselves up
>>>>>>>> against a shi% load of active SAM sites. Ahh, well, the SAMS that are
>>>>>>>> left after the initial barrages of HARM's and JSOW's are fired off by
>>>>>>>> coalition aircraft.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The HARMS should target the SAMS, and the JSOW's should make the SAMS
>>>>>>>> fire off at projected phantom targets.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Love it:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-154_Joint_Standoff_Weapon#/media/File:AGM-154_03.jpg
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ;^)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll just note that HARMs can't target SAMs.  They can only target the
>>>>> radars.
>>>>
>>>> Argh! Sorry about that. You are correct. Well, if a SAM's radars are
>>>> severely damaged and/or outright destroyed, well, it is kind of rendered
>>>> into a highly degraded and somewhat worthless state, in a sense?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yep, but if you leave the missiles intact they can just drive in
>>> another radar.
>>
>> DOH! Correct again.
>>
>>
>>>>> Hence the use of JSOW on the missile emplacements.
>>
>> Indeed. Can JSOW launch a couple of MALD's?
>>
> 
> No.  MALD are generally carried by something like B-52.  MALD flies
> long enough and far enough that it can be launched from well outside a
> MEZ.
> 
>>
>>>> Iirc, JSOW can project phantom radar signatures of coalition aircraft
>>>> and cause the SAM to fire at them. Then, finally, the JSOW can choose
>>>> where to perform its "final mission", to destroy a target.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nope.  I think you're thinking of MALD, which looks rather like JSOW
>>> but is much smaller and has a motor.
>>
>> You are absolutely correct on this one. For some reason I thought that
>> JSOW can project as well. Well, think of multiple MALD being released
>>from a cruise-type Phoenix like missile launched from a stand off aircraft.
>>
>> A single Phoenix can potentially launch multiple MALD after they "get
>> into a certain range". Heck, perhaps even a JSOW can launch some MALD's
>> in and of itself. Fractal layers of defense, in a sense?
>>
> 
> No.  MALD is too big to be used as a submunition.
> 
>>
>>>>>>>> JSOW saturation can deplete a SAM of missiles and might force it to be
>>>>>>>> reloaded. HARM saturation should destroy its radar systems.
>>>>
>>>> Ahh. I knew I wrote about HARM's destroying radars. Sorry for any
>>>> confusion, and thanks for your correction on my previous statement.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The idea behind HARM is that it's so fast you don't need to do
>>> saturation attacks, hence the 'H' in the name.
>>
>> Well, imvvho, the more the merrier, high-speed or not. Imvvho, we should
>> mass produce these types of countermeasures, and never stop improving
>> their capabilities.
>>
> 
> There are actually two (well, three) versions of MALD.  There's the
> baseline MALD, there's MALD-J, which includes patterned jamming, and
> there's a version with a little tiny warhead.
> 
>>
>>>>>>>> However, perhaps "in the future", the damn enemy has an experimental
>>>>>>>> weapon that is "theoretically" immune to HARM and JSOW, and can easily
>>>>>>>> see and target F-22's. It can also tell the difference between F-16,
>>>>>>>> F-15, F-22 and F-35 in real time and act accordingly... Oh SHI%! The
>>>>>>>> coalition must be trying to prevent the enemy from engaging within
>>>>>>>> this line of experimentation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> At least the F-22 is also a superb plane on top of being stealthy, so
>>>>>>>>> it could still fight on even terms with other fighters with the
>>>>>>>>> stealth advantage removed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Agreed. At least it has that handy Vulcan Cannon for a knife fight.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> yep => short range, inaccurate
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> USAF F-35 also carries a built-in cannon.  It just doesn't carry very
>>>>> many rounds for it.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Imvvho, the pilots of an F-22 should not totally rely on hyper
>>>>>>>> advanced missile attack scenarios. I know they can fire on targets
>>>>>>>> from a long range via Phoenix, or medium range using AMRAAM. However,
>>>>>>>> even the newest versions of those missiles can fail to hit their
>>>>>>>> targets...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> aircraft have very good countermeasures, IR, microwave, decoys, flares
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Phoenix is dead.  The last airplane that could fire it was the F-14
>>>>> Tomcat.  USAF never owned any even when it was around, so it certainly
>>>>> was never a provision for F-22.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does the F-22 carry long range missiles, or just medium range?
>>>>
>>>
>>> AIM-120 is as good as it gets for pretty much everybody these days.
>>
>> Nice, kind of agreed. I would still like to be able to fire off multiple
>> very long range cruise missiles, kind of like Phoenix used as a
>> supplement of any all out assault. Perhaps Phoenix can be used to deploy
>> an little "army" of micro drones? F-14 was kind of assigned to a stand
>> off fleet defense role anyway, right?
>>
> 
> Not a workable alternative.  Phoenix got its range by doing a zoom
> climb up into the stratosphere and then diving down on the target.
> This worked well with bombers, but was less effective with a smaller,
> more maneuverable target like a fighter.
> 
>>
>> Also, what about applying that to the radar system of an enemy SAM? Can
>> it use a "swarm of drones" as an aspect of its overall radar system? So,
>> HARM might be not be quite as useful as it once was?
>>
> 
> HARM is probably still ahead of ways to try to fool it.
> 
>>
>>>
>>> Phoenix required an AWG-9 radar.  The only aircraft to ever have that
>>> were the USN version of the F-111 (F-111B) which was never produced
>>> and the F-14 Tomcat.  That's not as bad as it might seem, though,
>>> since the AIM-120D can reach out almost 100 miles and the cruise
>>> missile carrying bomber air defense role for the Navy is much less
>>> required than it used to be.
>>>
>>
>> For some reason, I would still launch some F-14's and put them on
>> standoff defensive orbits loaded with state-of-the-art AIM-54 and AIM-120's
>>
> 
> F-14 was killed as too expensive to fly.  They aren't even in the
> Boneyard anymore.  They were ground up to prevent parts from being
> diverted to Iran.
> 
>>
>>>>>>>>> The F-35 is a different topic...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Afaict, F-22's most likely can eat up F-35's for breakfast, lunch and
>>>>>>>> possibly dinner? Can the F-35 carry the newest Sidewinders? Does it
>>>>>>>> require an external pylon? If so, there goes stealth. Damn.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> sidewinders need external pylon as they have to lock onto target before
>>>>>> launch
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not on an F-22 they don't.  On an F-22 they launch from internal bays.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You are right. Thanks again Fred. :^)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I was in the missile business until a few years ago and do still keep
>>> some track of what's going on, so I'm not horribly out of date yet.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you for taking the time to set me on the right path. Corrections =
>> learning! Very nice conversing with you Fred. :^)
>>
> 
> You're quite welcome.
> 
> 

Found a fairly decent advertisement from Raytheon:

https://youtu.be/0acJ3xyhaJo

I would love to see a cruise missile deploy a swarm of little MALD's, 
then finally fly off to destroy its "main" target...

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