Ivo, thanks for the links. I'd love to see that footage if you find out it's OK to share it with us! I'm very impressed with the manuverability of the warhead-fast and very precise. I'd love to get my hands on those rockets it uses for directional control, they'd be nice in a model rocket ;-) Howard --- Ivo Stutznegger <ics_ute@yahoo.com> wrote:
It will be interesting to see if they release some footage of the Âengagement. I have access to a short video of one of the last SM-3 test in which two dummy warheads launched by separate missiles from Kwajalein were successfully tracked by the Aegis system simultaneously and destroyed by two SM-3 missiles. I found some of the footage showing the hit-to-kill vehicles homing in on the targets to be pretty interesting. The SM-3 Âs have had a pretty good track record in their testing as of late. They had a couple misses early on but for quite a while they have all been successful. If IÂm not mistaken I think the last one (actually conducted by the Japanese as their 1st test) makes 12 intercepts of 14 attempts. At my work we make the inertial navigation portion of the SM-3 guidance system. (It is basically the same 3-axis accelerometer and fiber-optic gyroscope package that is being used on the Mars rovers and will be part of the Kepler system in its search for habitable planets and on the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) satellite.)
So Guy, if they donÂt release footage of this engagement with the dud satellite, I'll have to check but IÂll see if I can get you a copy of that Nov test video. I donÂt think it is restricted in its distribution, except it may be considered ITAR (international traffic in arms regulations) controlled. If so it couldnÂt be posted on the web or made available to non-US persons.
--- diveboss@xmission.com wrote:
Don't know how successfull the Navy will be. I've been stepping out my door and shooting up at the damned thing every few nights. Nothing! ;)
Seriously, I would love to see nose camera footage of that!
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