Lobbing Rockets
Post §12.
>>> and even Scimitars <<<.
Thanks, Jack, for mentioning the FAA and the much maligned Beast. Just a bit before it's time and then totally overshadowed by the Buccaneer.
We were using the technique with the Scimitar back in the early 60s when it was known as LABS, (Low Altitude Bombing System) this on "a certain rock" to the north of Scotland.
This entailled the use of a Toss Bombing computer plus Blue Silk, a Doppler radar, to deliver Red Beard, the necessity of course to "lob/toss" on the correct trajectory and then get going as fast as possible in the opposite direction !
Thanks, Jack, for mentioning the FAA and the much maligned Beast. Just a bit before it's time and then totally overshadowed by the Buccaneer.
We were using the technique with the Scimitar back in the early 60s when it was known as LABS, (Low Altitude Bombing System) this on "a certain rock" to the north of Scotland.
This entailled the use of a Toss Bombing computer plus Blue Silk, a Doppler radar, to deliver Red Beard, the necessity of course to "lob/toss" on the correct trajectory and then get going as fast as possible in the opposite direction !
As there have been a lot of lessons learned published in re Iraq war since then, that's not a reliable observation at this remove.
The sensor-to-shooter link now has a lot more input (over all) from unarmed and / or unmanned assets (OH-58 has gone the way of the plains Buffalo).
How SEAD fits into that is something that may once again change as lessons learned from this conflict get digested.