Timmymagic wrote:12 miles??Ron5 wrote:That's a small patch of water: a circle about 12 miles in radius for CAMM.
I don't think anyone seriously believes Sea Ceptor is only good for 12 miles...Janes have previously said it was good for 60km (37.5 miles). Personally, I think that's a maximum range against a simple target, but realistically a mid point of at least effective range of 24 miles is far more credible, oddly enough that's pretty much the distance to the horizon...Even the MoD is saying a range 'in excess' of 15.5 miles, and we know how realistic their performance figures usually are.
Ron5 wrote:I'm afraid you're arguing angels on top of pin heads.
Janes has said no such thing as "good for 60km". Its said during trials a missile traveled about 60 km. That's far from saying it was in any kind of state to perform an intercept at the end of the trip.
Manufacturer says 25km which I guess is your 15.5 miles.
Still is a tiny patch of water. Only worth defending if there's a Type 31 in it.
I understand manufacturers states 25+ km for AAW task against incoming anti-ship missile.Lord Jim wrote:Isn't the effective range dependant on the type, speed, altitude and direction of travel of the target.
In general, SAM has a longer range for slowly moving targets. So, in principle, for a target sitting near the sea-level moving very slowly, CAMM can engaged with ballistic trajectory to as far as 60 km, kinematically. However, there will be a limit based on
- data-link range
- battery lifetime
For example, reaching 60 km in ballistic trajectory with ~Mach 2 speed will need > 2 minutes or so long (battery) (With rocket burn out, Mach 2 may be difficult to maintain at this distance, so it will take more longer time). Radio intensity scales with square of a distance, so it is 1/5.7 at 60 km compared to that in 25 km.
On this regards, none of us knows about. So, anything can happen.
I personally think the range (against slow moving targets) will be a bit longer than 25 km, but not as far as 60 km. But, there is no evidence for it.