Oh, so there is a one set range? I have seen SHROAD be called well up to 30km, but if there is a singular definition, then please, share the document covering it.
Same with Medium Range. I see it called up to 100km, interesting it is 50km.
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Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies
on the same source:
SAMP/T Aster 30:
UK modern systems:
CAMM is a based ASRAAM SAM (similar to what Germany and france did with IRIS-T SL series and MICA VL series)
and yet, you speak of 50km bubble.
but you have to understand too, that a missile having 40km range, can intercept ennemies coming from outside such range.
be it 50km bubble for 40km missile range seems appropriate to me.
That is not what the talk is about.
You say:
I say: back it up with a source stating these are short medium long ranges.
As for the range disparity. 40km is SLM effective, against unspecified targets, not max. Just as is SLS 12km effective. So 15 and 50 max is more than believable against for example flying straight target.
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yes, but no:
i’m not going through all the NATO documents regarding IAMD layers to found 1 graphic.
it’s common sense,…
Aswell as it is for different missiles, depending on purposes (SAM have their charts, AAM have theirs, Cruise Missiles have theirs depending on Nuclear or Conventionnal, and firing solution (from ground or air).
anyway,… “Up to” means Max. Range, not Effective (quote from SLM part)
and i found much more reliable to check onto Specialists and Manufacturer datas , than a Ministerial presentation.
if it was effective range, then MICA would be 80km missile as many other missiles, since those 70-80km range are the ones comming from both manufacturer and Taiwanese results.
Cool, but I didn’t dispute ranges.
I suppose I should have worded my original message as “To my knowledge the only somewhat reliable source…”
Missilery.Info is a random website, it’s not a reliable source by itself. The article cites four sources, I can’t find a copy of “Jane’s Defence Weekly, 11/I 2006”, but none of the other three sources mention it being capable of Mach 3.
As I said in my original comment, there is very little in the way of reliable evidence to support the claim that VL MICA is capable of reaching Mach 3. And it reaching Mach 3 would require a significantly higher delta-V than people think it’s likely, based on primary source information.