Talk:Anti-radiation missile

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[edit] Countermeasures

"Smart SAM operators learned to turn their radar off when an ARM"

Supposedly they also ran microwave ovens elsewhere with the doors permanently detached as decoys. Not sure if this is an urban legend or not. — Omegatron 18:28, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

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"Some SAM systems utilise huge missiles which are able to accelerate up to incredible speeds (some as high as Mach 10), which means that if the ARM is to be useful in a 'duel' between an aircraft and a SAM site, the ARM should be able to fly to and hit the SAM site faster than the SAM can fly to and hit the aircraft." - Doesn't it depend on how soon the SAM can *launch* rather than how fast it can fly? Hitting the radar doesn't save you if the SAM is already on its way. - Richardcavell 02:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

It would depend on the tracking systems used by the missile in question. If it is dependent on guidance from the launcher unit, then destroying the tracking radar on the ground would render the missile unguided. If it has it's own guidance radar, or an Infra-Red tracking unit, then you would have to use countermeasures and evasive action to avoid the missile, but you could at least prevent more missiles from attacking you in succession. Also, the primary mission of a SEAD aircraft is often to defend other aircraft; their own survival isn't quite as important.--Raguleader 20:17, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AMRAAM as ARM

Either the definition in the first section needs to be changed or the AMRAAM shouldn't be mentioned, because the AMRAAM in HOJ mode does not home in on the emissions of the enemy's radar but of its radar jammer. - Dammit 11:21, 24 September 2006 (UTC)