wildcolonialboy -> RE: CAMM missile has incorrect target speed modifier (7/23/2019 8:30:31 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ARCNA442 CAMM's estimated speed of Mach 3+ is actually slower than ESSM's estimated speed of Mach 4+. Remember, CAMM is a rather small weapon (100kg) that is much closer in size to RAM (90kg) than ESSM (280kg). I accept that CAMM will not be as fast as a larger missile with a larger motor, but it is *indeed* a Mach 3 class weapon. That is what the reporting says everywhere that I read, including from the manufacturer. In fact, RAM is a 76kg weapon with consistently reported speed of Mach 2+. There is no reason that figure should be degraded for sea level because RAM never operates anywhere other than at sea level. Based on this, and CAMM's reported speed, it seems reasonable that CAMM's speed would be at least in the Mach 2+ zone. The DB here has an intercept speed of Mach 1.75. Given CAMM was specifically designed with the supersonic interception mission in mind, I find the 20% intercept probability not to be credible. The DB has ESSM doing sea-level intercepts at Mach 2.21 (with 10% penalty against the 2.19 mach Onyx), Aster 15 doing sea level intercepts at Mach 1.95 (for a 15% penalty), so you would think it would "gracefully degrade" between Mach 2.2 and Mach 1.75, but a 10% penalty to a 50% penalty seems disproportionate. CAMM was developed specifically with interception of supersonic, sea-skimming missiles in mind. I would not at all be surprised if the additional 10 kilograms weight over ASRAAM was additional weight/power added to the Roxel motor, which on a small, light missile does not take much at all to render a nice, substantive increase in thrust / weight ratio. I would be keen to find out what the Mach 1.75 at sea level DB value is based on, so I can do some further research, perhaps I can bring it to the developers if I find out more. Edit: Also please see results of my test below. It seems crazy that a 1970s missile like Sea Wolf has a higher final PH than CAMM. If this were the case, trust me, the British government would not be replacing Sea Wolf with CAMM. If CAMM was this much of a dog compared to Sea Wolf, they would simply upgrade Sea Wolf with an active seeker and a datalink to get those benefits.
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