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Originally Posted by Raellus
Right, but I imagine that this system would work just as well with an offset launcher than with an all-in-one unit.
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Some technical difficulties with syncing launcher and missile, but that can probably be solved. But then we're increasing complexity and cost and might as well go for fire-and-forget missiles.
Just looking a bit and read about the French missile MMP (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Moyenne_Portée) which has Lock On After Launch. But that's not Twilight:2000's tech level.
Wire-guided missiles has a feature that fire-and-forget does not have: the ability to switch targets mid-flight (with some limitations depending on the turn radius of the missile). However, the usefulness can be debated.
But the 10 seconds it would take from firing with massive backblast until the missile hits 2000 meters away would feel like an eternity. I trained on the Swedish RBS-56 BILL missile ages ago.