Wilshire@sh.itjust.worksM to CombatVideos@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-22 months agoIron Dome missile changes target midcourse.i.imgur.comvideomessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1videoIron Dome missile changes target midcourse.i.imgur.comWilshire@sh.itjust.worksM to CombatVideos@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCompared to ciws, cram, phalanx it’s pretty expensive sure but it’s also less vulnerable to saturation by dumb weapons than any of those others.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoCiws no matter how good so long as it’s a single gun can only intercept a single target at a time. Ciws saturation is literally more than one. A single iron dome launcher can intercept 20 from any launcher and track and engage 36 from any one radar iirc. Low angle saturation is the weakness of any rocket/artillery interceptor, and depletion issues go the same with any weapon system.
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Compared to ciws, cram, phalanx it’s pretty expensive sure but it’s also less vulnerable to saturation by dumb weapons than any of those others.
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Ciws no matter how good so long as it’s a single gun can only intercept a single target at a time. Ciws saturation is literally more than one.
A single iron dome launcher can intercept 20 from any launcher and track and engage 36 from any one radar iirc.
Low angle saturation is the weakness of any rocket/artillery interceptor, and depletion issues go the same with any weapon system.