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| Japan Seeks Fighter Jet Missile System |
| 2006-09-25 |
| TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Defense Agency plans to develop a new missile system for its fighter jets that would be able to target aircraft and ships without emitting radio waves that could be detected by an enemy, an agency spokesman said Monday. The Defense Agency will begin three years of research starting in 2007 to develop the new missile, Defense Agency spokesman Hirokazu Shirota said. Existing weapon systems such as those installed on F-15 fighter jets emit radio waves at targets and then monitor the way in which they are reflected back, but enemy forces can also monitor such waves and detect their source, Shirota said. The new system would not emit radio waves itself, but would use a receiver that can pick up a wide range of radio frequencies and deduce which ones are being emitted from a potential target, he said. The Defense Agency plans to add $15.4 million for research to its budget request for the 2007 fiscal year - which begins in April 2007 - to pay for the system, he said. The agency will await the results of the research and development phase before deciding when and if to deploy the system, Shirota said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Hello, Kimmie! Are you listening? |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-09-25 23:48 |
| #6 For an aircraft with a radar, it could just switch to IR guidance if the radar signal went away. Sort of like how the rolling airframe missile is supposed to work... |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2006-09-25 18:59 |
| #5 I've heard (I have no idea if it's true) that some ARMs can actually trace the power emitted by a dummy load if the radar station tries to go off the air by dumping its power in one. I don't work in that area. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-09-25 18:55 |
| #4 Kimmie, listen up. This is in no way meant as a threat to NKor. This is strictly for defensive purposes. (Just keep repeating Abe, Abe, Abe.) |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-09-25 15:33 |
| #3 To be used in conjunction with AWACS and Link 16 or equivalent. Makes a good case for EMCON. However, many aviation systems, particularly less sophisticated systems, have "unintentional radiation" that can be exploited if the seeker is good enough. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-09-25 13:11 |
| #2 So, basically a HARM, but generalized rather than specific at SAMs and AAA? |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-09-25 10:12 |
| #1 I'd think linking that with an 'on-missle' visual system for confirmation and final targeting would work. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-09-25 06:35 |