Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
I understand the Sky Sabre uses CAMM but the Italians are going with (the fatter 190mm v 166mm and longer 4.2m v 3.2m ) CAMM-ER, which has 60%+ greater range, for their army and air force equivalents.
Still its good to see the Rapier replacement arriving around the planned OSD. Only potential downside I can see is it ain't exactly helicopter portable as it is split over three MAN wheeled vehicles, at least two of which the basic unladen versions are beyond the capacity of even a CH-53.
PS. Can the title be changed? Skyguard was the radar responsible for Nick Taylor and Bob Iveson both being shot down over Goose Green.
The Giraffe radar needs to be moved by charter Antonov - we don’t have anything big enough. Then again it is supposed to be a Division level asset used to provide air C2 to the Div HQ, and therefore in a shooting match it would trundle around the place with the HQ. And would probably find itself on the receiving end of something pointy quite quickly as it would be a combat indicator of a high value unit.
But beyond that, we’ll probably not use it much in that role but for PD of specific locations like Falklands or Cyprus. It’s still too short range to be really effective though - you need something you can detect and engage before an enemy platform gets inside firing range.