Stratus missiles confirmed for UK Typhoons;
Unclear if its LO or RS or Both, I’m hoping for both. Stratus RS would be a fantastic capability for Typhoon to have.
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What kind of missle is stratus?
Another funny looking missile for British contraptions.
Kinda like Taurus depending on the version its the Stealthy one (Stratus LO) or Mach 3 version (Stratus RS)
Meteor-Style cruise missile ^^
I like that they named it Stratus haha, in italian “strato” means layer so the fact that it also gets advertised as an anti-underground bunker missile is quite name-accurate.
I call will be the LO :3
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Wait… “Anti-HVAA”? So it can be used against planes (at least larger ones like AWACS or bombers)?
Yes the implication is AWACS, SIGINT, and Tankers. Though that just translates to cooperative targets, so any non-maneuvering threat.
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Well, you could assume that with a big enough warhead and the “high maneuverability” notion it could also be used against smaller maneuvering targets by simply having a giant kill sphere on detonation with a proximity fuse ^^
I just hope that Germany also gets a few of them, but seeing as we have Taurus NEO in the works, I doubt it will happen:(
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Just want to use my ECRS Mk2 with Stratus RS for the ultimate EFT SEAD/DEAD mission fit. Plz snail…
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Imagine, having ESM on Eurofighter and not having to rely on HARM seeker…
Or having more than 2 HARMs :(
I do have another report in for ECRS Mk.2 to get ESM functions outside of my general ESM provided by DASS report. I was just looking at an ECRS Mk.1 report but the wording isn’t as firm;
Where as Mk2 is more firm;
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Hmmmmmm, maybe I find something :D
Let me know if you do, I’m looking for wording like “SEAD” “ELS” “Locate” “Identify” (in the context of ground emissions not just NCTR stuff).
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We’ve only put any firm commitment on the LO, when arguably the RS would be more useful (I bet you the RS is more expensive). So my assumption is the LO as a storm shadow replacement.
Irregardless of that, we need them ASAP because we’re getting rid of all our Storm Shadows, on the same day Ukraine announces they want a production license for them.
(Whoever wrote the DIP may genuinely have been a Treasurer with no understanding of anything defence related).
I suspect StormShadow being replace by Stratus LO is still a good idea, and could be due to compatibility reasons with GCAP. No point in having two cruise missiles to fit the same role. Also Stratus LO will be launched from Frigates so cross service use. It just makes more sense.
I don’t disagree, I just think the timeline of gutting them in the next few years, when the Navy has dibs on the first production lot (which means VLS compatible variants and not air-launched ones). Is very much ill-advised.
I’d also suggest we can keep our existing stocks for Typhoon, because whilst I don’t see the reason to integrate them into GCAP, we already have it on Typhoon for no extra cost. F-35 in our service can’t carry any cruise missiles as of yet and SPEAR 3 is only for smaller targets, SPEAR 3 can’t deal with anything we’d need say a BROACH warhead for now. Realistically Typhoon and that utility will be useful for a long time yet, just as we talk of how GR.4 was retired too early we will be saying the same thing about FGR.4.
We should definitely be purchasing both LO and RS. And I’d suggest keeping the existing Stormshadow stockpiles where they are by giving older ones to the current conflict and keeping the newer ones.