Why the SM-6-based AIM-174B armed Super Hornet on USS Carl Vinson is horrifying for China ?
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- On July 2, 2024, two AIM-174B missiles - the air-launched version of the SM-6 missile - carried by a F/A-18E Super Hornet from the VFA-192 “Golden Dragons” on the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier (CVN-70) were photographed as the aircraft taxied at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The prefix letter N indicated that these missiles were modified for special tests.
The aircraft is taking part in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) drills.
RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise hosted by the United States and is keenly watched by its adversaries, including China and Russia.
US Navy has provided a confirmation regarding this to several news portals with a statement that read “The SM-6 Air Launched Configuration (ALC) was developed as part of the SM-6 family of missiles and is operationally deployed in the Navy today.”
This is a major development since this means that the missile is combat-ready.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the SM-6-based AIM-174B armed Super Hornet on USS Carl Vinson is horrifying for China ?
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:14 THREAT FROM PL-15 & PL-17
04:16 AIM-174B
06:36 ANALYSIS
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The fact that SM-6s are networked weapons means that Super Hornets can actually be told to fire "blind" and then let F-35s, closer to the targets, feed target information to the missiles.
An excellent decision that greatly reduces the "Tyranny of Distance" in the Western Pacific.
The next logic step is upgrading the F-18s and F-35 to be able to self target missiles in case they can network fire
Yep. Add in Rapid Dragon. The big minds at the Pentagon are on the right path. Also, it's not operational but the idea of putting PRsM pallets on autonomous ships is next. Maybe make PRsM air launchable also.
Using Link 16 - the F-35 is already networked with surface vessels and satellites
You're assuming link 16 and all other satellite communications are still going to be working. If SHTF all the satellites are coming down. They'll be the first to go. Just like Russia is jamming GOS in Ukraine right now, and our long range Atacams have a 15% to 20% hit rate. They'll take down our satellites and then jam everything. Our military is entirely too dependent on technology. Especially technology that's exreamly vulnerable.
The Chinese are currently standing on the shoulders of giants, namely the USA, due to stealing all the technology military data that the US couldn't protect.
Who ever thought of putting the AIM-174b on a Super Hornet deserves a cookie. This missile doubles the range of any missile in current use.
Agreed..👉🏻
It was rumored before about making an air lunched version of SM6 but I think they already tested it many years back they just havent shown the public yet until today.
@jimfrazier8611 the super hornet has one of the smallest RCS’s of any generation for a fighter when it’s clean.
Maybe it's the same guy who came up with the idea to drop multiple cruise missiles out the back of transport aircraft
@jimfrazier8611 I like the way you think. The "New" yf-23 could be a B-21 escort or a fleet defender like the F-14 . Northrop, instead of raiding the F-15 and F/A-18 parts bins could now raid the F-35c parts bin.
Imagine if every ship with a Helo pad and enclosed hangar could launch a F-35b ?
Having a diameter of 21 inches for the AIM-174B vs 7 inches for the AMRAAM while using a scaled-up radar seeker from AMRAAM would mean that the AIM-174 seeker has 9.5 dB greater antenna gain. If coupled that antenna with a more powerful transmitter, the AIM-174B will be much harder to jam. With midcourse correction and terminal radar guidance, the target will have very little warning until the radar seeker turns on, and by then, it will probably be too late. Weighing 3,000 + lbs vs 350 lbs, this missile's range will be scary.
The beauty of these missiles is that can be used against any target. Ballistic missile, hypersonic missile, cruise missile, aircraft, warship, ground target. Ship launched variants have hit satellites. They can do it all and we should lean into this strategy. Multi-use missiles are more expensive, but offer so much versatility.
no SM-6 cannot hit satellites because its maximum altitude is not three digit km and has blast fragmentation warhead. What you are thinking about is SM-3
@@miraphycs7377those figures are from the surface not from the air, if the missile is launched in an upward trajectory from the F/A-18’s maximum altitude, it can probably take out a satellite…
The SM-6 cannot maneuver outside the atmosphere.
@@moodyman1769 Obviously, it would calculate it's trajectory. The US did this with an F-15 with a similar naval missile in the 70's. AIM-174 could definitely be programmed to do so.
@@weasle2904 The ASM-135 ASAT had divert thrusters to allow it to maneuver in space to hit the satellite. The SM-6 has no such motors.
Its horrifying for China and Russia because the F-18 with AIM-174B effectively negates their weapons
The critical part of the AIM-174B is that like the SM-6, its a Network-centric warfare weapon designed to use Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) as well external sensors
The missile can be launched and handed off to E-2D, an AEGIS destroyer or handed off to Command and Control Battle Management Communications (C2BMC) network
The F-18 can launch AIM-174B against enemy missiles and still attack the enemy aircraft with AIM-120DFR3 or AIM-260 JATMs
The AIM 54 gets an upgrade.
I'm a big SM-3 fan... An SM-3 took down an ICBM...
The SM-X & AEGIS teams seem to be the only part of USN procurement that's not entirely corrupt and one big graft.
Thanks defence updates
Where it gets really scary is if they adapt the forthcoming 21 inch motor SM -6 block 1B. the army is already adopting that variant along with the tomahawk for their mid range missile system. I don’t know if an F-18 could carry that bigger missile, but I have heard people talking about turning a B1 into a “missile truck” using that particular missile. I’ve heard that come come up in conversations about the proposed B1 R, which would use like F22 engines and have a Mach 2 dash speed in about a 4000 nm range.
Most Missiles can only do single role like air to air or Surface to air. But this missile can do air to air, air to surface and surface to air. The S300 can be modified to hit land targets as but cannot hit moving targets unlike SM6. Imagine firing a sm6 and it missed a target aircraft but the missile kept going to hit the ships radar as a secondary target.
I think it’s kind of suss the range of the Chinese PL-missiles!
Latest AIM-120D3 is already on par with Meteor in term of range since 3 years ago. Not to mention PL-15 is 40% larger by volume, so it is easier to outmaneuver than an AMRAAM and is more useful for big and slower aircraft like AWACS, heavyweight bombers, and tankers. Also almost two weeks ago, they had a successful all-up round (AUR) test of LRHW/CPS.
It isn't quite on par with Meteor in max range and it has a smaller "No Escape Zone" because it still blasts all its fuel in a few second long boost phase and then glides the rest of the way coasting on inertia alone and getting slower, like any regular Air to Air missile, while Meteor with its Ramjet engine keeps firing and keeps up its speed for much longer.
@@TrangleC YES its unpowered at terminal phase, hence why it can have even more range with its lofted trajectory as it will climb to the highest altitude it can reach at boost phase. AIM-260 on the other hand is powered at termninal phase and would most likely replace if not supplement AIM-120D3.
Wow! Just steal a frame from my video without permission!
This reminds me of the time Iran put a Hawk missile on a Tomcat.
will USAF procure these??
F-14's were retired in 2006!
Pheonix missile 2.0
You bet that the situation in the south china sea is heated
Given the quality and questionable performance statistics of Russian and Chinese weapons systems, I’m skeptical.
It was an informative and wonderful characteristics explained of that medium range air to air missile .designed by the USA 🇺🇸.
Damn great. They should strap SkyCeptor/Stunner to fighters too. And, AIM-260 JATM is coming too. As is Peregrine. And Kratos Valkyrie.
Since the PL-17 offers the Chinese the same range characteristics and flies faster - I doubt they have much concern over the AIM 174. To be competitive, the US really needs to catch up. The problem with that is greedy corporations basing their performance off profits, and not functionality.
Name a video with more abbreviations.
Ahhh the blue bands on the missile in the picture means that the missiles are fake inert versions.
why make so many when you will only shoot aim9 ?
AIM-9 doesn’t have the range, you can shoot AIM-174B from 400 kms away.
Modern fights are expected to happen beyond visual range by radar guided missiles. IR missiles are still there in case you get into an unexpected "knife fight" at very close range. Perhaps you could imagine some secondary roles for them as well, such as shooting down Shaheds or subsonic cruise missiles but that is hardly anyones weapon of choice in air-to-air combat.
You should talk to Peter Zeihan.
Just the thought of losing a single one of our F-35’s close to the communist Chinese coastline is terrible because there would be no possible way to recover that airframe and the communist Chinese would have in their possession billions of dollars worth of R&D and U.S. advanced military technology/ technologies , IR sensors technology DAS technology, RAM technology theres just so much they’d gain by recovering one of our F-35’s I can’t bare the thought of it ever happening. And I hope and pray it never happens.
Perhaps you didn't get the memo, but the chinese stole the engineering data for the F-35 many years ago hence their J-20 possess many aspects of the F-35. Besides, if an F-35 did get shot down(not likely) then it will be a high priority target of ours to "de-militarize" it. I have taken part in de-militarizing several subsystems of the radar I worked on with a sledgehammer after fire damaged part of it.
@jimfrazier8611 Of course they have they always do.
its a bit slow.
Mach 3.5 isn't slow
@@bigvaxmeanie925 Against hypersonic missiles it is.
What F22,F35,F15EX and F16 can't carrying SM-6-based AIM-174B missiles ?
Not internally, you could maybe modify for f15EX but the whole point was to replace the F14s pheonix aim54. So I guess the priority was to deploy on a carrier capable aircraft. And what is the point of deploying on F35c if you are destroying the Stealth by carrying it externally?
They can carry it but there no reason for them to do so
@@patdbean The missiles wouldn't be carried by the F 35C....the Navy has quite a fleet of Super Hornets that people forget
F/A-18E/F for sure will carry them and maybe F-15EX for the USAF. While F-35s will carry MAKO or SiAW or ARRGM-ER or JSM for anti-ship role alongside AIM-120D3 or AIM-260 internally.
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