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The main reason is that there was no requirement. A Tomahawk with its efficient engine had a sufficient range, hence brute force did the job not a more sophisticated but bulky system.
The large dimensions is the main reason why not design a GE AshM/CM, a Tomahawk fits into a VLS. But for China with its area denial strategy against the USN even such a large system makes sense.
Its likely that this is a reusable drone with suicide capability.
The questions for a country with limited resources are following: Could such a GE drone/CM enable a turbojets like the Noors Toloue to give such a weapon a range only possible with turbofans? If range triples and payload doubles things become interesting especially if the costs are low.
If this bonus is possible with GE, what about a aircraft with inferior engine technology (thrust/efficiency)? Could it achieve similar improvements if it uses GE?
The goal would be for the Qaher to force the advanced adversary to its own operation regime with terrain masking and low level flight. If it manages to do that, it may reach kinematic parity even with inferior engine technology.
The large dimensions is the main reason why not design a GE AshM/CM, a Tomahawk fits into a VLS. But for China with its area denial strategy against the USN even such a large system makes sense.
Its likely that this is a reusable drone with suicide capability.
The questions for a country with limited resources are following: Could such a GE drone/CM enable a turbojets like the Noors Toloue to give such a weapon a range only possible with turbofans? If range triples and payload doubles things become interesting especially if the costs are low.
If this bonus is possible with GE, what about a aircraft with inferior engine technology (thrust/efficiency)? Could it achieve similar improvements if it uses GE?
The goal would be for the Qaher to force the advanced adversary to its own operation regime with terrain masking and low level flight. If it manages to do that, it may reach kinematic parity even with inferior engine technology.