So, as long as the target doesnt move more than 80m, it can hit it?
No, as long as the target has not moved more than 80m then it can land within 1 meter. The landing distance may be greater than 1 meter if the target has moved further than 80m.
I would note this also states the IR seeker identifies targets.
I will be honest. It does not say it can target moving things per-se.
We do not know what was the size, and what even the target was.
Example of my point: You input a military hangar, and you shift its input coordinates by 80m. The hangar looks the same in the IR mapping as in the pre launch data, so the missile will correct onto it, even if the coordinates are not 100% in line with what was given to it.
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I don’t think that is particularly conclusive. The brochure says the IR seeker is used in situations of “Poor
geopositioning or GNSS-denied environments”
Is seems to me that the press release is talking about a test to confirm performance of the weapon in those conditions. Basically they offset the co-ordinates they programmed the bomb with by 80 m from the target to simulate the bomb going slightly off course due to degraded / missing GPS, or alternatively the co-ordinates of the target not being precisely known at launch, and checked that the bomb was able to recognise the target and correct its course. Basically it was just a test that the weapon could correct its course when the target co-ordinates it was given do not match the exact location of the target it sees in front of it.
Nothing in that press release (or anything else that has been posted thus far) confirms that the IR AASM is capable of tracking small targets such as tanks, or capable of tracking moving targets. The information that has been posted so far all points towards it being a terrain matching system (I’m including buildings and roads, etc. in the word “terrain” for brevity) like what is used by Storm Shadow / SCALP.
The seeker information processing diagram appears to be showing a terrain matching system, rather than a target tracking system:
This brochure also confirms that a model of the area surrounding the target need to be created and uploaded to the weapon before use.
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I agree with the motion that it is not able to accurately hit fast moving Mobile units. The sensor just does not have the fidelity, refresh rate, or gimbal tracking to actively achieve this.
It is however capable of hitting large objects that can relocate from previous known data, for example your satellite data indicates target is in location A, but by the time you get there, the target is a short distance away in location B.
For example:
Warships in a port that have moved a short distance.
Mobile installations, such as surface to air radars or Launchers that operate as static objects.
Portable buildings/structures
Parked aircraft that have been moved to a new location.
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It doesn’t say what type of target it identifies though. In this context identifying the target likely means identifying the factory it is meant to be targeting is indeed it’s target and not that other building nearby.
Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG also perform target recognition and it is pretty un-controversial to say that they are incapable of tracking small vehicles such as tanks, or attacking moving targets. In fact the terminal guidance logic used by Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG looks very similar indeed to that used by AASM:
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What i meant by my point, terminal guidence is used, for example in case where GPS coordinates are interfered, by natural or artifical means. That will cause the GPS position of the target to be not in a place the missile places it in, and thats where terminal homing comes in.
Even the AASM file shows a simmilar situation
My read of that isn’t a confirmation of tracking of a moving target. It is a confirmation that the IIR scene matching can correct for poor or jammed GPS even with minimum terrain features that would aid in correction.
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More keybinds
I would honestly take more keybinds if it meant having an advantage
New Rafale skin coming to the game?
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It sounds more like the “Semi-stationary” targets we had earlier when talking about Scalp/Taurus/Stormshadow
Interesting, maybe new E-Sports event ? Idk
Technically speaking, that doesnt actually prove it can hit a moving target. The source doesnt actually specify if the target data was pre-loaded into the AASM moments before launch or if it was pre-loaded on the ground for example.
All this proves is that it can hit a target that is 80m displaced from where it was supposed to be. Not that it can hit it while its moving. Its not actually providing us any new info barring how far the target can be displaced from its originally estimated coordinates.
Edit: seems a bunch of other peeps beat me to saying that.
Given Storm Shadow is a Anglo-Frnech cruise missile, its entirely possible that AASM use the same seeker as found in the Storm Shadow, or at least maybe a derivative of it (though different manufacturer)
Scalp and Stormshadow all werent for semi stationary
that was only taurus capability