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Hi
Now how does it happen in terminal phase where Missile dosent need data from Jet , instead is able to track the target by its own radar .
How does Missile's own seeker prioritize a single target out of many ,
You don't have command guidance or Weapon controller for terminal phase to keep the lock or achieve lock on desired target only .
A little more detail would be great help -
You are talking of Locking by Jet's sensor , while I am asking how Missile's own radar gets lock on target .
Fighter radar can guide upto Mid-Phase ,terminal phase lock has to be achieved by Missile's seeker only
My specific query is How does Missile's seeker prioritize one target out of many - is it cued by TWS data , or it matches PRF sequence / pulse wave of target .
And how does
" Tracking by Jet shifts to Tracking by missile "
See, the missile launches with the target locked on. There are missiles which can be launched as homing and then be sent the signal from the plane while it is on the way,
And the AIM 120 AMRAAM has an active radar of its own. So even in the chase/terminal phase, it can lock on the target.
It can also locate the target by the jamming signals/radio signals that the target is transmitting.
The radar utilizes a Track-via-Missile (TVM) System in order to reduce its overall cost. In semi-active systems, the radar illuminates the target and a seeker in the missile’s head tracks the reflecting energy. Then the missile computes the interception pattern based on its bearing to the engaging object. The TVM allows the missile to relay the same bearing data to the engagement control station via the radar. The platform’s powerful processors comb through the information with the absolute position of the target, the missile and the profile (velocity, altitude, bearings) of the engaging object and generate tracking commands to guide the warhead to the optimum interception point. In the terminal phase, the missile’s acquisition system acquires the target and relays the data to the phase array where the final intercepting calculations are performed.
Ok , you get the wrong side
Pneumbra , I have no doubt about IR guided missile and Thermal Imaging . My query is regarding Active Radar guided missile only .
Fine , but you can only provide this data / Flight path correction / New co-ordinates only till Mid-phase .
Once Missile switches to terminal mode , it needs it's own radar to track / prioritize that single threat out of multiple emmiters .
That is exactly my question - How that locking is achieved by missile's radar , does it select randomly any threat .
The AIM-120 seeker does not select a random target in the terminal phase, AIM-120 has a two way data link, target is designated and an appropriate launch heading is determined and uploaded to the missile guidance package by the aircrafts onboard computers based on the bearing, range, and elevation of the target information acquired from the launching platform after an IFF/IFFN probe. This is done before the missile leaves the launch rail and heads to a predetermined position in space.Post launch the missile continuously transmits data allowing progress to be monitored. Target designation does not change in the terminal phase - unless human intervention occurs and missile guidance instruction is altered.
The endgame occurs when the proximity fuze is triggered by the missiles target detection device (TDD) upon detection of the designated target. Of course before the proximity fuze is triggered target coordinates are confirmed with the support platform (may not be the launching platform).
Maybe they wanted to create an impression after all by showing a very short take off. Not a bad ploy of you ask me
100KN engine cannot be put inside thunder..that kind of engine would be huge.