It seems to me that with anti-radiation missiles, radars are just targets so turn the tables shoot at the planes radars and GPS signals. Same question for anti-ship missiles?
2006-09-25 07:15:34 · 2 answers · asked by brian L 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
To add to the previous answers, GPS is also passive. You may have a system on board that may report your GPS coordinates by some other means, but the GPS system does not transmit from a vehicle.
We use many things to deal with anti radiation missiles. We may send ECCM aircraft to jam these systems and take them out. Planes carry their own ECCM devices too, plus they mostly use radar in passive mode. And AWACS aircraft are escorted and away from harm, it would be hard to take one out.
Tom Clancy couldn't figure out this one either, so when he had to write about the US trying to take out an system that was based on AWACS, he invented having CIA troops blinding the AWACS crews as they tried to land. Out of 6 (or 9, anyone here remembers Debt of Honor?), two were taken out immediately, which lowered their coverage and allowed the US to sneak on them and shoot them from below. With a frickin Comanche (we love you Tom).
2006-09-25 12:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by veraperezp 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The U.S. uses passive radar and quick on and off active radar scans. Even on the ground, the radars are both passive and have quick on and off pinging capabilities. There would never be a lock. There are also anti missle missles (and metal storm) that can take down an anti-radiation missle.
During Gulf War 1, Apaches were sent in to destroy the radars with hellfires and rockets.
2006-09-25 15:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋