Vertical Launch Trials

Vertical launch technology is being developed and tested as part of the UK's Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) work. CAMM would provide the basis of the Royal Navy's projected Future Local Area Air Defense System, as well as a replacement to the Rapier air-defense system. CAMM will also provide a development path for MBDA's Asraam imaging infrared-guided air-to-air missile.

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[stalkingalizee]

@kempmt1 CAMM is to replace the Sea Wolf, not Aster. It is far too short range to do that. 

[kempmt1]

Does this mean that the RN won't be using the Aster 15/30 missiles?

[krhonhos]

an asraam for sea??

[AerospaceEngineer90]

And there was a call for a MLU of ASRAAM? That's a strong possibility, ASRAAM is being developed into CAMM, CAMM will likely be redeveloped into an WVRAAM bringing the development full cycle and back to it's origin

ASRAAM definitely has problems and I'd be the last person to pretend it doesn't, she would benefit no end from 3DTVC and a new seeker but in the same vein she shouldn't be written off as obsolete, different missiles, different design considerations, different missions.

[AerospaceEngineer90]

ASRAAM isn't a bad missile, it's still an incredibly nifty bit of kit, there was a complaint about a not very agile missile on a not very agile launch platform, Mk.3 Tornado's and ASRAAM has proven to create an incredible combination in war-games, what they lack in agility is made up for in shear pace.

[AerospaceEngineer90]

AIM-9X has fuck all to do with ASRAAM where are you getting your information from kids? Wikipedia?, AIM-9X is a newer version of AIM-9M nothing to do with ASRAAM, whilst AIM-9X and ASRAAM are WVRAAMs that's where the similarity ends,  ASRAAM has a much higher speed but isn't as maneuvreable (although not to the extent that everyone here is speculating), UK fighter doctrine was focused too heavily on bomber interception when ASRAAM was designed

[incendiarycutlery]

Nice to see the internet tradition of informed comment is still alive and well.

AIM-9X is a more agile version of the AIM-132 ASRAAM. The AIM-9X uses the same seeker as the ASRAAM and ASRAAM was developed and in service first.

The US choice of Sidewinder and the Germans for IRIS-T was based on agility while the ASRAAM is optimised for range. Plus I believe that AIM-9X re-uses components from other AIM-9s so it's much cheaper for the US than ASRAAM would have been.

[t43562]

@WinchesterRanger I mean that you haven't provided any evidence for your assertions about how rubbish British defense procurement are and how super-duper the AIM-9X is to support how smug you are. One cold say, given the VH-71, the tankers, the JSF that perhaps all defense projects tend to go wrong but some people just throw more money at them,

[WinchesterRanger]

Where did you come from and what on earth are you talking about?

[t43562]

That's just crap. See, I've contributed as much actual information as you.