Lockheed Martin AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM)

JJPET said:
time to kill and probability of kill. iirc initial aim120 tests scored a 85% PK at operational ranges which was very high for the time
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Thanks, in regards to PK the term I'm familiar with is the SSKP (Single Shot Kill Probability).
 
JetBrain said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1920464551385952588
View: https://x.com/Laurus_nobilis0/status/1920464551385952588?s=20



Where is this pic from?
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It's from a slide briefing on future operations at the Eglin test and training range. Basically shows the areas that airspace etc. needs to be closed when they are testing various weapons. Since it was cleared for release, it likely only shows representative requirements for airspace closures when testing various weapons, not the actual envelope of the missiles themselves.
 
J McInn said:
It's from a slide briefing on future operations at the Eglin test and training range. Basically shows the areas that airspace etc. needs to be closed when they are testing various weapons. Since it was cleared for release, it likely only shows representative requirements for airspace closures when testing various weapons, not the actual envelope of the missiles themselves.
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Still, it would be interesting to see the entire slide. "Future Booster" and other larger circles?
 
Scott Kenny said:
Storable liquid oxidizers are not well thought of by the Navy
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I do believe the USN's issues are specifically with hypergolic-propellants and IIRC there are storable non-hypergolic liquid oxidisers.

Scott Kenny said:
So, getting a good stockpile of the "good enough" AMRAAM-D3 while slowly acquiring a small number of exquisite JATMs.
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I have no doubt that the AIM-120D3 will still stay in production for the foreseeable future for foreign countries that can't afford and/or aren't trustworthy enough to have the AIM-260A.
 
Given that US is rapidly increasing the budget for AIM-260's production, it is likely that they already have some amount of them saved for a big need in a short time (like a war against China)?
 
JJPET said:
aim120 isnt leaving production until atleast 2030 where the design is ultimately outdated
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While the AIM-120D3 has been surpassed by the AIM-260A it is likely to still continue to be production and sale to foreign country that either can't afford the AIM-260A and/or are less than trustworthy. I can also still see them being retained in the US armed forces inventories for use against targets where the use of an AIM-260A isn't justified.​
 
NMaude said:
I have no doubt that the AIM-120D3 will still stay in production for the foreseeable future for foreign countries that can't afford and/or aren't trustworthy enough to have the AIM-260A.
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The U.S. will continue to produce AIM-120 for itself as well. It appears AIM-260 is a $3-4 million missile and AIM-120 is half the cost.
 

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