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Pak should look into reducing range of our CMs and exportin em...
Look at this storm shadow ... We could have sold a lot of allied states with a conventional (rather than nuclear) version of a 300km ranged Raad ALCM.
Look at this storm shadow ... We could have sold a lot of allied states with a conventional (rather than nuclear) version of a 300km ranged Raad ALCM.
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KSA Torbado can also carry the Brimstone
The system can be fired from fixed or mobile ground launchers and was proposed for installation on the cancelled UK Tracer armoured scout and reconnaissance vehicle project.
When air launched, the missile meets and exceeds RAF requirements for a long-range anti-armour weapon, giving fighter aircraft the stand-off capability of destroying tanks and armoured assets deep behind enemy lines.
Brimstone is being integrated into the RAF fleet of Harrier GR7, GR9, Tornado GR4, GR4A and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, and will replace RBL 755 cluster bombs.
The small size and weight of the missile allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, including the L-159, Hawk and F/A-18.
Brimstone fire and forget missile system
Brimstone is a fully fire-and-forget system, requiring no further interaction from the launch platform or a post-launch target designator.
After leaving the launcher, the solid propellant rocket motor accelerates the missile to supersonic speed.
This motor has a short burn time and very low smoke emission, providing a very low visual and infrared signature, minimising the probability of detection by hostile sensors.
Radar seeker to operate in all weather conditions
Brimstone is equipped with a small, robust millimetric wave radar seeker operating at 94GHz, providing the capability to operate in all weather conditions. day and night. The seeker operates in low visibility and contaminated battlefield conditions, and is not susceptible to battlefield obscurants such as smoke, dust, flares and chaff.
"Brimstone is being integrated into the RAF fleet of Harrier GR7, GR9, Tornado GR4, GR4A and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft."
The high-millimetric band seeker provides a high-resolution radar return image of the target, while the frequency gives a small beamwidth and therefore very high angular resolution and reduces unwanted clutter for the given antenna size, which is limited by the diameter of the missile.
The millimetre wave radar enables wideband operation, facilitating the use of very sophisticated electronic countermeasures. Millimetric radar attenuates more rapidly than conventional centemetric radar in rain, sleet and fog, but its advantage is high penetration, in comparison to infrared sensor systems when countermeasures are employed.
Brimstone's seeker incorporates a terrain avoidance capability, allowing it to cruise at a fixed height above ground.
A digital autopilot provides mid-course guidance and uses a high-accuracy digital inertial measurement system for high-precision navigation to locate targets at long range and in off-boresight operations.
The highly advanced guidance system on the launcher's fire control unit and missile uses the target coordinates, course, speed, distance to target, missile trajectory data and data from other sensors to direct the controls and produce the optimum flight path to the target.
Multiple launch firing
In the event of a group of hostile armoured vehicles being identified on the battlefield, multiple Brimstone missiles can be fired in salvo. The missiles can fly out from a single platform and spread out to cover a large area.
Where hostile forces have in-line formations of armoured vehicles, Brimstone can be flown down the same corridor to attack the formation.
Engagement algorithms in the onboard computer reduce the probability of more than one missile hitting the same target. In addition, the fire command and control system can allocate individual missiles to engage sequentially numbered valid targets.
Damage control
During the search phase of the missile flight, the millimetre wave seeker carries out a sweep search for targets on the ground directly ahead and to each side of its path.
For low collateral damage control, the missile can be programmed not to initiate target search until it has passed a given point. This allows Brimstone to safely overfly friendly forces.
Brimstone can also be programmed to cease target search beyond a determined engagement area or to accept a target only within a specified area.
"The small size and weight of the missile allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft."
Embedded algorithms can be told to attack only valid targets within a specified area. The high selectivity allows Brimstone to target armoured vehicles and ignore other fixed or moving assets, such as houses or cars. It is also possible to programme the missile to engage targets with a specific radar signature, for example patrol boats.
The missile is fitted with a programmable self-destruct mechanism.
Anti-tank warhead
Brimstone is armed with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank warhead capable of penetrating explosive reactive armour.
The front charge initiates the explosion of the armour and clears the path for the main charge to penetrate it with the anti-tank jet dart.
Brimstone 2 missile upgrade
Brimstone 2, an improved version of the Brimstone missile, features new airframe, millimetre-wave (mmW) radar with semi-active laser dual mode seeker capability, and an insensitive munition (IM) rocket motor and warhead.
It was fired at fast targets with a telemetry system in October 2013 and fitted to a Typhoon aircraft for the first time in December 2014.
Production of Brimstone 2 began in July 2014 and the missile is expected to enter service with the UK RAF in 2018.
Fact file: Storm Shadow missile
The RAF's Storm Shadow missile is a long-range air-launched cruise missile - and one of the most sophisticated air-launch weapons in the world.
It is designed to hit well-defended static targets such as facilities, bunkers and bridges without the need to place a bomber in a situation where it would face enemy air-defences.
The missile is launched from the RAF's Tornado GR4 and will be added to the Eurofighter Typhoon when it enters service.
A FAVOURED WEAPON
Storm Shadow makes a significant difference to our options - early indications are that its use has been highly successful
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, 24 March 2003
Storm Shadow is a "fire and forget" weapon. Its strength is in that it can be launched by a bomber from any location up to up to 155 miles (250km) from the actual target.
Technicians on the ground programme the missile with the target co-ordinates and locations of air defences in preparation for a sortie.
When the pilot nears the target, but is still a substantial distance away, the missile is released.
As it detaches from the bomber, its wings fold out and it enters a pre-programmed low and fast terrain-hugging attack altitude to cut under radar and air defences.
Storm Shadow navigates in two ways:
As it enters its final approach, Storm Shadow jettisons its nose cone to reveal a high-resolution infra-red camera.
The target recognition hardware then compares what is coming up on the ground with the stored image of the target.
In theory, the missile constantly adjusts its course and angle of attack so that it hits the target as accurately as possible, reducing collateral damage and unintended deaths.
The first stage of the warhead is an initial penetration charge which aims to break into the interior of a target, such as a bunker.
Only following penetration does the second larger charge, delayed by a fuse, detonate. Storm Shadow, manufactured by Matra BAe Dynamics, has been a decade in the making.
Military planners class Storm Shadow as a "high survivability and effectiveness" weapon - meaning it minimises the risk to aircraft and crew while maximising the radius of attack.
The better the pre-programme data, the more chances it has to navigate around enemy defences and still find its target.
To all intents and purposes the French-made SCALP EG cruise missile is exactly the same weapon. Both are derived from the earlier French Apache anti-runway missile.
Storm Shadow cruise missile
Length: 5.10m
Launch weight: 1,300kg
Wing span: 3m
Range: Over 250km
Speed: Mach 0.8
Propulsion: Turbojet
Source: MOD
The system can be fired from fixed or mobile ground launchers and was proposed for installation on the cancelled UK Tracer armoured scout and reconnaissance vehicle project.
When air launched, the missile meets and exceeds RAF requirements for a long-range anti-armour weapon, giving fighter aircraft the stand-off capability of destroying tanks and armoured assets deep behind enemy lines.
Brimstone is being integrated into the RAF fleet of Harrier GR7, GR9, Tornado GR4, GR4A and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, and will replace RBL 755 cluster bombs.
The small size and weight of the missile allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, including the L-159, Hawk and F/A-18.
Brimstone fire and forget missile system
Brimstone is a fully fire-and-forget system, requiring no further interaction from the launch platform or a post-launch target designator.
After leaving the launcher, the solid propellant rocket motor accelerates the missile to supersonic speed.
This motor has a short burn time and very low smoke emission, providing a very low visual and infrared signature, minimising the probability of detection by hostile sensors.
Radar seeker to operate in all weather conditions
Brimstone is equipped with a small, robust millimetric wave radar seeker operating at 94GHz, providing the capability to operate in all weather conditions. day and night. The seeker operates in low visibility and contaminated battlefield conditions, and is not susceptible to battlefield obscurants such as smoke, dust, flares and chaff.
"Brimstone is being integrated into the RAF fleet of Harrier GR7, GR9, Tornado GR4, GR4A and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft."
The high-millimetric band seeker provides a high-resolution radar return image of the target, while the frequency gives a small beamwidth and therefore very high angular resolution and reduces unwanted clutter for the given antenna size, which is limited by the diameter of the missile.
The millimetre wave radar enables wideband operation, facilitating the use of very sophisticated electronic countermeasures. Millimetric radar attenuates more rapidly than conventional centemetric radar in rain, sleet and fog, but its advantage is high penetration, in comparison to infrared sensor systems when countermeasures are employed.
Brimstone's seeker incorporates a terrain avoidance capability, allowing it to cruise at a fixed height above ground.
A digital autopilot provides mid-course guidance and uses a high-accuracy digital inertial measurement system for high-precision navigation to locate targets at long range and in off-boresight operations.
The highly advanced guidance system on the launcher's fire control unit and missile uses the target coordinates, course, speed, distance to target, missile trajectory data and data from other sensors to direct the controls and produce the optimum flight path to the target.
Multiple launch firing
In the event of a group of hostile armoured vehicles being identified on the battlefield, multiple Brimstone missiles can be fired in salvo. The missiles can fly out from a single platform and spread out to cover a large area.
Where hostile forces have in-line formations of armoured vehicles, Brimstone can be flown down the same corridor to attack the formation.
Engagement algorithms in the onboard computer reduce the probability of more than one missile hitting the same target. In addition, the fire command and control system can allocate individual missiles to engage sequentially numbered valid targets.
Damage control
During the search phase of the missile flight, the millimetre wave seeker carries out a sweep search for targets on the ground directly ahead and to each side of its path.
For low collateral damage control, the missile can be programmed not to initiate target search until it has passed a given point. This allows Brimstone to safely overfly friendly forces.
Brimstone can also be programmed to cease target search beyond a determined engagement area or to accept a target only within a specified area.
"The small size and weight of the missile allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft."
Embedded algorithms can be told to attack only valid targets within a specified area. The high selectivity allows Brimstone to target armoured vehicles and ignore other fixed or moving assets, such as houses or cars. It is also possible to programme the missile to engage targets with a specific radar signature, for example patrol boats.
The missile is fitted with a programmable self-destruct mechanism.
Anti-tank warhead
Brimstone is armed with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank warhead capable of penetrating explosive reactive armour.
The front charge initiates the explosion of the armour and clears the path for the main charge to penetrate it with the anti-tank jet dart.
Brimstone 2 missile upgrade
Brimstone 2, an improved version of the Brimstone missile, features new airframe, millimetre-wave (mmW) radar with semi-active laser dual mode seeker capability, and an insensitive munition (IM) rocket motor and warhead.
It was fired at fast targets with a telemetry system in October 2013 and fitted to a Typhoon aircraft for the first time in December 2014.
Production of Brimstone 2 began in July 2014 and the missile is expected to enter service with the UK RAF in 2018.
Why not?
Fact file: Storm Shadow missile
The RAF's Storm Shadow missile is a long-range air-launched cruise missile - and one of the most sophisticated air-launch weapons in the world.
It is designed to hit well-defended static targets such as facilities, bunkers and bridges without the need to place a bomber in a situation where it would face enemy air-defences.
The missile is launched from the RAF's Tornado GR4 and will be added to the Eurofighter Typhoon when it enters service.
A FAVOURED WEAPON
Storm Shadow is a "fire and forget" weapon. Its strength is in that it can be launched by a bomber from any location up to up to 155 miles (250km) from the actual target.
Technicians on the ground programme the missile with the target co-ordinates and locations of air defences in preparation for a sortie.
When the pilot nears the target, but is still a substantial distance away, the missile is released.
As it detaches from the bomber, its wings fold out and it enters a pre-programmed low and fast terrain-hugging attack altitude to cut under radar and air defences.
Storm Shadow navigates in two ways:
- Constantly updating Global positioning system (GPS) data of its real location
As it enters its final approach, Storm Shadow jettisons its nose cone to reveal a high-resolution infra-red camera.
The target recognition hardware then compares what is coming up on the ground with the stored image of the target.
In theory, the missile constantly adjusts its course and angle of attack so that it hits the target as accurately as possible, reducing collateral damage and unintended deaths.
The first stage of the warhead is an initial penetration charge which aims to break into the interior of a target, such as a bunker.
Only following penetration does the second larger charge, delayed by a fuse, detonate. Storm Shadow, manufactured by Matra BAe Dynamics, has been a decade in the making.
Military planners class Storm Shadow as a "high survivability and effectiveness" weapon - meaning it minimises the risk to aircraft and crew while maximising the radius of attack.
The better the pre-programme data, the more chances it has to navigate around enemy defences and still find its target.
To all intents and purposes the French-made SCALP EG cruise missile is exactly the same weapon. Both are derived from the earlier French Apache anti-runway missile.
Storm Shadow cruise missile
Length: 5.10m
Launch weight: 1,300kg
Wing span: 3m
Range: Over 250km
Speed: Mach 0.8
Propulsion: Turbojet
Source: MOD
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Responding to your post #3, a photo comparison to say it is possible.. since a picture is worth a thousand words..
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Well done. I believe KSA is the only country our government has granted our defence companies to export the Brimstone to, shows how close the 2 countries military tiesKSA Torbado can also carry the Brimstone
The system can be fired from fixed or mobile ground launchers and was proposed for installation on the cancelled UK Tracer armoured scout and reconnaissance vehicle project.
When air launched, the missile meets and exceeds RAF requirements for a long-range anti-armour weapon, giving fighter aircraft the stand-off capability of destroying tanks and armoured assets deep behind enemy lines.
Brimstone is being integrated into the RAF fleet of Harrier GR7, GR9, Tornado GR4, GR4A and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, and will replace RBL 755 cluster bombs.
The small size and weight of the missile allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, including the L-159, Hawk and F/A-18.
Brimstone fire and forget missile system
Brimstone is a fully fire-and-forget system, requiring no further interaction from the launch platform or a post-launch target designator.
After leaving the launcher, the solid propellant rocket motor accelerates the missile to supersonic speed.
This motor has a short burn time and very low smoke emission, providing a very low visual and infrared signature, minimising the probability of detection by hostile sensors.
Radar seeker to operate in all weather conditions
Brimstone is equipped with a small, robust millimetric wave radar seeker operating at 94GHz, providing the capability to operate in all weather conditions. day and night. The seeker operates in low visibility and contaminated battlefield conditions, and is not susceptible to battlefield obscurants such as smoke, dust, flares and chaff.
"Brimstone is being integrated into the RAF fleet of Harrier GR7, GR9, Tornado GR4, GR4A and Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft."
The high-millimetric band seeker provides a high-resolution radar return image of the target, while the frequency gives a small beamwidth and therefore very high angular resolution and reduces unwanted clutter for the given antenna size, which is limited by the diameter of the missile.
The millimetre wave radar enables wideband operation, facilitating the use of very sophisticated electronic countermeasures. Millimetric radar attenuates more rapidly than conventional centemetric radar in rain, sleet and fog, but its advantage is high penetration, in comparison to infrared sensor systems when countermeasures are employed.
Brimstone's seeker incorporates a terrain avoidance capability, allowing it to cruise at a fixed height above ground.
A digital autopilot provides mid-course guidance and uses a high-accuracy digital inertial measurement system for high-precision navigation to locate targets at long range and in off-boresight operations.
The highly advanced guidance system on the launcher's fire control unit and missile uses the target coordinates, course, speed, distance to target, missile trajectory data and data from other sensors to direct the controls and produce the optimum flight path to the target.
Multiple launch firing
In the event of a group of hostile armoured vehicles being identified on the battlefield, multiple Brimstone missiles can be fired in salvo. The missiles can fly out from a single platform and spread out to cover a large area.
Where hostile forces have in-line formations of armoured vehicles, Brimstone can be flown down the same corridor to attack the formation.
Engagement algorithms in the onboard computer reduce the probability of more than one missile hitting the same target. In addition, the fire command and control system can allocate individual missiles to engage sequentially numbered valid targets.
Damage control
During the search phase of the missile flight, the millimetre wave seeker carries out a sweep search for targets on the ground directly ahead and to each side of its path.
For low collateral damage control, the missile can be programmed not to initiate target search until it has passed a given point. This allows Brimstone to safely overfly friendly forces.
Brimstone can also be programmed to cease target search beyond a determined engagement area or to accept a target only within a specified area.
"The small size and weight of the missile allows it to be integrated onto a wide range of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft."
Embedded algorithms can be told to attack only valid targets within a specified area. The high selectivity allows Brimstone to target armoured vehicles and ignore other fixed or moving assets, such as houses or cars. It is also possible to programme the missile to engage targets with a specific radar signature, for example patrol boats.
The missile is fitted with a programmable self-destruct mechanism.
Anti-tank warhead
Brimstone is armed with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank warhead capable of penetrating explosive reactive armour.
The front charge initiates the explosion of the armour and clears the path for the main charge to penetrate it with the anti-tank jet dart.
Brimstone 2 missile upgrade
Brimstone 2, an improved version of the Brimstone missile, features new airframe, millimetre-wave (mmW) radar with semi-active laser dual mode seeker capability, and an insensitive munition (IM) rocket motor and warhead.
It was fired at fast targets with a telemetry system in October 2013 and fitted to a Typhoon aircraft for the first time in December 2014.
Production of Brimstone 2 began in July 2014 and the missile is expected to enter service with the UK RAF in 2018.
Why not?
Fact file: Storm Shadow missile
The RAF's Storm Shadow missile is a long-range air-launched cruise missile - and one of the most sophisticated air-launch weapons in the world.
It is designed to hit well-defended static targets such as facilities, bunkers and bridges without the need to place a bomber in a situation where it would face enemy air-defences.
The missile is launched from the RAF's Tornado GR4 and will be added to the Eurofighter Typhoon when it enters service.
A FAVOURED WEAPON
Storm Shadow makes a significant difference to our options - early indications are that its use has been highly successful
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, 24 March 2003
Storm Shadow is a "fire and forget" weapon. Its strength is in that it can be launched by a bomber from any location up to up to 155 miles (250km) from the actual target.
Technicians on the ground programme the missile with the target co-ordinates and locations of air defences in preparation for a sortie.
When the pilot nears the target, but is still a substantial distance away, the missile is released.
As it detaches from the bomber, its wings fold out and it enters a pre-programmed low and fast terrain-hugging attack altitude to cut under radar and air defences.
Storm Shadow navigates in two ways:
Digital terrain profile matching to what it can see on the ground
- Constantly updating Global positioning system (GPS) data of its real location
As it enters its final approach, Storm Shadow jettisons its nose cone to reveal a high-resolution infra-red camera.
The target recognition hardware then compares what is coming up on the ground with the stored image of the target.
In theory, the missile constantly adjusts its course and angle of attack so that it hits the target as accurately as possible, reducing collateral damage and unintended deaths.
The first stage of the warhead is an initial penetration charge which aims to break into the interior of a target, such as a bunker.
Only following penetration does the second larger charge, delayed by a fuse, detonate. Storm Shadow, manufactured by Matra BAe Dynamics, has been a decade in the making.
Military planners class Storm Shadow as a "high survivability and effectiveness" weapon - meaning it minimises the risk to aircraft and crew while maximising the radius of attack.
The better the pre-programme data, the more chances it has to navigate around enemy defences and still find its target.
To all intents and purposes the French-made SCALP EG cruise missile is exactly the same weapon. Both are derived from the earlier French Apache anti-runway missile.
Storm Shadow cruise missile
Length: 5.10m
Launch weight: 1,300kg
Wing span: 3m
Range: Over 250km
Speed: Mach 0.8
Propulsion: Turbojet
Source: MOD
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Tornado upgrade program is going well. I think we have some Tornadoes have the capability to launch the Brimstone:
By now, we have the Typhoon to carry the Storm Shadow :
And the Tornado
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Indeed Tornado is a worthwhile platform. It can destroy anything ranging from bunkers, stationary & moving targets, aircraft runways, armored brigades to personnel. Thanks for the engineers who made this wide range of missiles and bombs
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By now, we have the Typhoon to carry the Storm Shadow :
And the Tornado
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Indeed Tornado is a worthwhile platform. It can destroy anything ranging from bunkers, stationary & moving targets, aircraft runways, armored brigades to personnel. Thanks for the engineers who made this wide range of missiles and bombs
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Well done. I believe KSA is the only country our government has granted our defence companies to export the Brimstone to, shows how close the 2 countries military ties
I agree, the 2 royal families enjoys a good relations. Part of the Tornado upgrade program is ongoing locally at King Abdulaziz Air Base. Few weeks ago, DM paid a visit to the air base but no more details of what's going on :
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