By that time hopefully you've looped back round underneath the flares.
Which is why it should have been bigger in the picture you posted with a booster.
Shorter is true but like I said, it's simply a carry over from a SAM second stage, not a standalone development.
Nor is there any benefit to mounting a seeker facing more or less directly upwards at that point. On a faster missile it could be beneficial to mount a fuse closer to the tip.
So if I shine a torch at a hedge the light will not pass through the hedge in winter because the beamwidth is too wide compared to the gaps between the branches and my brain is unable to process the presence of any person it illuminates because beamwidth meakes them indiscernable from the hedge.
Those are some poor flares. There's an ASRAAM test video somewhere showing some better flares in use.
No but switching off the radar might prevent an ARM hitting it or it being detected.
But it does use one, proving it can give sufficient range. Patriot uses Ka band.
Still uses it on the Stunner though.
Higher frequency is going to become more relevant for obvious reasons.
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Which means you sacrifice range. You can have a dual mode radar without adding weight/sacrificing range.
When you're firing over 200km in range you can't make broad statements about weather, or target altitude, or the altitude range covered by the missile.
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Technology improves over time and you have the dual mode option.
Care to elaborate?
It was originally in the design plans for the F-22.
