Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Jordan's baby gunship gets precision 2.75 missiles.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the U.S. Navy have formally signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for the first international sale of BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rocket.
Great system.  Great idea.  But the range issue bothers me.  5 miles puts you solidly in the range of enemy systems.  Can the range be extended?  I hope so.  Jordan has some very bad guys going at it across their border and these gunships will get used.
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  1. Joe123Wednesday, May 07, 2014 9:06:00 AM

    To extend range you probably need to modify the air frame, find a more efficient motor, etc. All those things add up, it becomes unaffordable. Laser rocket is a cost-effective solution based on huge inventory of unguided Hydra rockets. It's a poor man's Hellfire, cheaper but less capable. It’d be nice to have a fire and forget round that can automatically seek its target versus laser targeting.
    On a related topic, I think it’s time for US to acquire a fire and forget TOW round. To speed up development, just marry TOW body and warhead with JAVELIN guidance system. You will have a much improved heavy AT system for folks on the ground. No more painstaking target aiming until impact while bad guys are shooting at your location.

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    1. SolomonWednesday, May 07, 2014 9:08:00 AM

      i thought we already had that. hmmm time to check.

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    2. Mr.TWednesday, May 07, 2014 10:06:00 AM

      Gunships are only usable against local ragheads ,its not a weapon system survivable enough to use in any military on military conforntation.

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    3. PatrickWednesday, May 07, 2014 10:56:00 AM

      Well..actually it is provided you have soundly defeated the enemy IADS first.

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