Over the years I've played SAMSim, I've discovered you can shoot down anti-radiation missiles, if you're quick enough.
I was just shooting down AGM-88s and wondered if this was realistic?
Are the fuses in the SAM warheads quick enough? Depending on which SAM you're using, your missile's speed + the speed of the ARM is going to be mach 3 to mach 4.
A slight delay when fired against a 15m-20m long aircraft doesn't matter, and might even be a good thing, causing the missile to detonate near the middle of the aircraft instead of in front of the aircraft's nose.
But an AGM-88 is just 4m long.
Wouldn't the combination of being a weak target for the fuse to detect, plus the extreme combined speed, plus the target is very short, make the warhead detonate behind the missile?
HARM has double of the length, compared to the RS-2US missile acting as firing range target in Ustka.
What is more interesting...
...with the S-300PS system the recommendation is to engage the HARM, instead switching off the 18 channel emitter.
You have a specific target acquisition button for this function.
