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The weapon's warhead is a good example of how tough these threats are, Viljoen adds. “Its casing is 20mm thick and consists of a combination of outer steel casing and steel spheres on the inside. The steel spheres provide a lethal area that is very impressive for such a modest weapon. Any countermeasure will have to be able to penetrate at least 20mm of steel before it can explode the filling inside the rocket.”

ציטוט:

. Detect and track a very large number of very small threats from a long enough range for the system to react in. 2. Shoot a countermeasure that will be able to destroy the incoming threat at enough standoff range to ensure that the residual damage will be acceptable (100m+). “The best way to do this is to detonate the incoming RAM warhead.” 3. Deliver countermeasures to counter threats at a rate of at least 1-2 threats per second. A minimum of 12 countermeasure firings are required per system before reloading to counter a 107mm launcher salvo. 4. Provide a success rate of intercept that is exceptionally high to give effective protection for a camp (>98%). 5. Provide enough area protection to cover a typical forward operating base or base camp under all weather conditions. Current solutions to C-RAM include the Raytheon Centurion Phalanx System, the Oerlikon (now Rheinmetall) Mantis and the Israeli Iron Dome. The Centurion was rapidly developed between 2004 and 2006 to address conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan by adapting the Naval Phalanx CIWS to land use. Viljoen says it has proved to be highly successful and is still providing protection to a number of US facilities in Afghanistan. “It has shot down more than 110 threats including mortar rounds and rockets.” Mantis is a further development of the Oerlikon Skyguard system utilising the 35mm Millenium gun with AHEAD ammunition. The Iron Dome is the only operational anti-missile system that is specifically designed for the C-RAM missions today, Viljoen continued. “It detects and tracks incoming threats with radar and first determines if it is going to hit a sensitive area. Only those threats will be engaged by the system. It launches a missile from a 20 missile vertical launcher. The system has a minimum range of 5km and a maximum range of around 30km. The system is deployed operationally in Israel and has been credited with a number of successful rocket intercepts. Viljoen notes the main shortcomings of current gun systems are: 1. The large amount of ammunition expenditure per kill (Centurion 300 rounds/threat, Mantis 35 rounds/threat) limits the number of threats that can be engaged before reloading to 5/gun for Centurion and 7-9/gun for Mantis. 2. Long dwell time (Centurion around 5s per threat, for Mantis around 3.5s per threat) during which the system is locked on to a single threat. 3. Short range (around 100-1000m) 4. Inability to counter threats at a high rate as a result of the long dwell time and relative short range. 5. Cost per single threat engagement (US$30-60 000) due to large ammunition expenditure. For Iron Dome the cost is reported to be around U$40 000 per missile. “Existing systems also have a very large capital cost. The system cost for Centurion is reported to be about US$15 million per system. The Mantis system, consisting of one fire control unit, two sensor units and eight guns costs 55 million Euro. An Iron Dome battery consisting of one radar and three launchers costs US$37 million.” Turning to lasers, Viljoen was dismissive. “Although the cost per kill can be very low (around US$1-2000) … ground-based laser countermeasure systems are simply not all weather, they do not work in fog, rain, cloud and smoke. They also have long dwell times on the target which limits the rate at which they can shoot down threats.”

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