Missiles: Do they ever miss???

dmm · #34 May 2nd, 2001, 08:47 PM

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
At 100,000 times closer, your sensor power is up 10,000,000,000 times (r^2)
That's why missiles can see right through ECM & stealth.

Good argument. But won't the ECM power also be higher by the same factor?

Your point about homing in on a fuzzy target that keeps getting closer and closer, as opposed to shooting at a fuzzy target from a distance, is still a good one. You may convince me yet. However, shouldn't ECM lower the missile's effective range or effective speed? The ECM would cause it to follow a less-precise homing course.

Also, you're assuming that the ECM merely makes the target "fuzzy," as opposed to making "bogeys." Maybe there ought to be different kinds of ECM. Normal kinds would be the fuzzy variety and would not affect missiles. The more advanced kinds would be the bogey variety and would affect everything.