This is the part of the response that I think is hilarious, like what is the determination of speed from any sensor that isn’t just taking the range data multiple times? It’s such a stupid response I can’t believe they even bother writing it.
They acknowledge the PIRATE is capable of ranging, but refuse to believe it could do it multiple times to create a track file for a target that includes speed?
I guess it would be a question of if it was accurate enough to create a sufficiently detailed track for an active radar missile to use for midcourse corrections, which it obviously is sufficient to get it into range of the onboard active seeker to provide terminal guidance.
In any case, it looks like “we don’t want to release this feature yet, and the proofs are classified, so leave us alone”. As I already said, I will not be surprised at all if they suddenly find evidence that PIRATE can launch AMRAAMs as soon as such systems appear on the planes of major nations.
With HMD Striker 2. We don’t have that one now. It’s HMD from Tranche 3, if I’m not mistaken.