Precision Strike Systems[ANTI-ARMOUR]
A strike aircraft carrying a shaped charge, flown onto the weakest aspect of an armoured vehicle.
- Loiter time
- Undisclosed
- Operating radius
- Undisclosed
- Payload class
- Undisclosed
- Attack profile
- Top and rear aspect
Overview
Armour is thickest where it is expected to be hit. An aircraft is not obliged to attack from the front: it can take the roof, the rear deck or the engine louvres, which is why a modest shaped charge delivered from above defeats protection that stops far heavier weapons from the side.
The aircraft carries the charge on a stabilised mount, tracks a moving vehicle, and attacks on a profile chosen by the operator. It is a section-level answer to armour, carried by two people.
System qualities
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Attacks the thin side
A top or rear-aspect profile puts the effect where protection is weakest, which is what makes a man-portable charge sufficient.
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Follows a moving vehicle
Onboard tracking holds the aim point through the run, including against a vehicle that is manoeuvring.
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Carried by the section
Two people, one case. No vehicle, no crew-served mount, no prepared position.
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Abort until commit
The operator can break off and return to the loiter at any point before the final run.
Specifications
Figures marked undisclosed or on request are released against a stated requirement.
Airframe
- Configuration
- Multirotor
- Transport
- Two-person, single case
Performance
- Loiter time
- Undisclosed
- Operating radius
- Undisclosed
Payload
- Class
- Undisclosed
- Mounting
- Stabilised, under-frame
- Warhead type
- Undisclosed
- Penetration
- Undisclosed
Seeker
- Tracking
- Onboard, moving targets
- Target recognition
- Onboard classification of vehicle types, operator confirmed
Control
- Engagement
- Operator authorised; abort until commit
Accuracy
- Circular error probable
- Undisclosed
Engagement
- Profile
- Top and rear aspect, chosen by the operator
Documentation
- Precision Strike Systems overviewAvailable on request
Applications
Works with
These are built to operate together, on one network and one picture.
Chase and destroy.