SM-6? SM-2 block IV? These are ABM capable missiles, that's a realfast target.
The US Navy uses the SM-2 as its standard long range SAM on its destroyers. It has a range of 90+ km and uses a semi-active homing radar seeker which means that the mechanically scanning illuminators on board the warships should provide them with guidance. This proves to be a handicap as a Burke carries 3 centrally mounted SPG-62 illuminators which will find it difficult to deal with a multi-directional missile attack. [Note: Dutch, German, and Danish APAR equipped ships to not suffer this problem. Likewise Heracles equipped ships.]
Normally, once the missile is detected at longer ranges if it is following a high altitude profile, multiple SM-2 missiles are launched to counter the threat. 2-3 SAMs are fired against subsonic threats, so it is safe to assume that 4-5 SAMs will be fired at a single incoming BrahMos missile. Again, the SM-2 wasn’t designed to handle a missile flying at 3 times the speed of sound but designed to handle Soviet missiles flying at 1-1.5 times the speed of sound. So it’s going to be a very difficult task to shoot down BrahMos, as the attacking party will launch the BrahMos ideally 120 km away from the Burke to ensure a complete sea-skimming flight and to delay detection.
The SM-6 is, however, is a different case and can intercept supersonic missiles at sea-skimming altitudes and high altitudes as well. This will be a key weapon for the US Navy to defend its fleet against missiles like the BrahMos. It uses active radar homing, with a radar seeker derived from AMRAAM. So, it does not need/use SPG-62 illuminators.
Backing up the SM2 BLock IV is the 50km, quad packed ESSM, also with semi-active radar homing.
[Note: Incidentally, the best way to prevent a hit from Brahmos is to kill the launch platform. Both SM-2 and SM-6 can be used not just in anti-air/missile role but also in antiship role at ranges far exceeding that of the most common Harpoon versions. SM-2 Block IV: 120–185 km (similar to Harpoon). SM-6: 240–460 km (in excess of Harpoon). And then there is LRASM to consider: DARPA states its range is "greater than 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi)." LRASM (Long range anti ship missile) is based on the (air launched) JASSM-ER, which has a range of 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi). However, the addition of the sensor and other features will have somewhat decreased that range. It is estimated that the LRASM has a range of 300 nmi (560 km; 350 mi). Carrier aviation will be crucial in intercepting airbornn launch platforms at 600+km from surface ships]
See also
https://defencyclopedia.com/2014/12...vy-can-shoot-down-the-deadly-brahmos-missile/
@The Deterrent :To compare Harpoon and ABL for Tomahawk.
Aster 30 and Barak 8 can.
If Aster 30 can, than so can Aster 15 (the only difference being that the latter has a smaller booster and hence shorter range)
In its
latest annual publication, the Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) disclosed that the Directorate General of Munitions Production (DGMP) was tasked with
“the indigenous developing of [one] ship-borne system with [one] Land Attack Missile and [one] Anti ship Missile.” Development of this system is scheduled for completion by October 2018.
I don't think that refers specifically to the launch rack, but rather to 2 versions (land attack and antiship) of the Babur missile. If shipborn refers to surface vessel launch, the system shall include deck launcher. If shipborn refers to submarines, the system would use torpedotubes and some form of encapsulation of the missile(s). So, it depends on what exactly is meant by'ship born' .
