Re: Sea State and SM-3 launch constraints

On Feb 21, 11:26 am, "TMOliver" <tmoliverjr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sea states have presented a barrier to the successful operation of naval
weapons systems since several thousand years before Lord Nelson. In this
case, with the public relations stakes pretty high, I'm sure that seeking a
"window of most optimistic opportunity" was a consideration.

Of course, now the sea state has become a moot point. The ship fired. The
missile seems at first reports to have traveled on its planned course and
then placed itself in the path of the satellite, some credit to its terminal
manuevering capability.

Not only did the system seem to perform as advertised (and deliver what the
contractor was paid for), our capacity to predict the path of the satellite
in a constantly degrading orbit seems to have been within parameters
necessary to get the bird and the missile in workable proximity during what
can only have been a tiny window of time and space.

How often and with what frequency or level of success may be inquestion, but
I would make the list of nations with the capability of successfully
intercepting an object in high speed orbit as very short......(and unlikely
to include China for the moment).

TMO

Here is a Navy gun-sight camera video of the impact

http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2008/02/dod-video-of-usa-193-shoot-down.html
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