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Mentioned earlier that at DSEi the RAF and MBDA stated they were investigating the use of Meteor as an ARM, but it was unclear if they were talking about it in its present configuration or in the AESA equipped JNAAM version. What was clear about it was that it wasn't going to be a different variant, essentially using the existing/future seeker head to provide guidance, which would tend to point to the AESA seeker head......but very little heard since....no contracts that I'm aware of being let, but someone was alive to the potential.The other option is the high supersonic version of the FCASW which the French favour. That has been mentioned as having use as an ARM specifically for high value targets i.e. S400. Big missile though....should have enormous range, but if what RUSI are saying is correct about HARM's decreasing utility (albeit by forcing the Russian's to have multiple AD systems like Pantsir and Tor redeployed to protect their larger AD systems, thus not protecting other areas) as most are shot down now you have to wonder how well a large missile is going to do against a modern AD system.We all know HARM in its earlier versions had its limitations, those were apparent in GW1 and 2, but most obviously over Kosovo (and Ukraine is primarily getting supplied with older missiles of a similar vintage). Most of the time that involved smart operators shutting down systems, relocating regularly etc. but not the actual missiles getting shot down....its going to be interesting to see the effect on ARM design and utilisation in the future based on what is happening...are AARGM or even AARGM-ER more likely to get through? Range is always a good thing...but is a really fast missile actually more effective than a slower, sneakier one? Which oddly enough appears to be the divide between the UK and France on FCASW....
Mentioned earlier that at DSEi the RAF and MBDA stated they were investigating the use of Meteor as an ARM, but it was unclear if they were talking about it in its present configuration or in the AESA equipped JNAAM version. What was clear about it was that it wasn't going to be a different variant, essentially using the existing/future seeker head to provide guidance, which would tend to point to the AESA seeker head......but very little heard since....no contracts that I'm aware of being let, but someone was alive to the potential.
The other option is the high supersonic version of the FCASW which the French favour. That has been mentioned as having use as an ARM specifically for high value targets i.e. S400. Big missile though....should have enormous range, but if what RUSI are saying is correct about HARM's decreasing utility (albeit by forcing the Russian's to have multiple AD systems like Pantsir and Tor redeployed to protect their larger AD systems, thus not protecting other areas) as most are shot down now you have to wonder how well a large missile is going to do against a modern AD system.
We all know HARM in its earlier versions had its limitations, those were apparent in GW1 and 2, but most obviously over Kosovo (and Ukraine is primarily getting supplied with older missiles of a similar vintage). Most of the time that involved smart operators shutting down systems, relocating regularly etc. but not the actual missiles getting shot down....its going to be interesting to see the effect on ARM design and utilisation in the future based on what is happening...are AARGM or even AARGM-ER more likely to get through? Range is always a good thing...but is a really fast missile actually more effective than a slower, sneakier one? Which oddly enough appears to be the divide between the UK and France on FCASW....
