We continue to review the UK arms. There will be considered light
multipurpose missile (Lightweight Multirole Missile) or LMM, which, in
accordance with the requirements of the future to easily manage armament
class surface - air (Future Surface to Air Guided Weapon (Light), FASGW
(L) is planned to equip the Royal Navy helicopters Wildcat.
History
LMM is a relatively new missile, although to a large extent it is based on an older family of missiles High Velocity Missile / Starstreak. Starstreak born of the requirements for short-range air defense systems, portable and installed on the vehicle. The system has its roots in the construction of MANPADS Blowpipe and Javelin. Starstreak is an extremely complex system; starts with the installation, after the establishment of the first stage of the rocket is accelerated to a high speed of 3.5 Mach. After development of the second stage towards the goal rush three submunition.
Rocket Starstreak
Each submunition "dart" is bezdvigatelnym, but it is also controlled and equipped with a delayed-action fuse, driving the warhead is already inside the target.
Anti-aircraft missile system Starstreak. Ill be enemy aircraft!
The complex has been tested on a number of platforms, such as helicopters and naval installations.
Marine launcher called Seastreak. She has appeared as a result of the program of the British Royal Navy from 1994, entitled Anti-aircraft firepower nearest boundary (Inner Layer Defence System, ILDS). Other naval SAM have four and six round platform mounted on launchers.
Soldier serves missile system Starstreak HVM High Velocity Missile System during exercises Olympic Guardian in London in 2012, the year
A soldier stands on duty near an air defense missile battery in the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London
In the year 2009 the project PVO (Air Defence Availability Project, ADAPT UK Ministry of Defence and Thales company signed a contract for HVM / Starstreak which will be put into service in the 2020th year. This contract also includes provisions for a new fire control system, target tracking system and a platform for future LMM.
Starstreak / HVM is not an easy multi-purpose missile (LMM), more about HVM Thales and British Army here .
In the year 2008 have been published requirements FASGW (L) of the Royal Navy to counter the threat of high-speed coastal boats (Fast Inshore Attack Craft, FIAC). Although it is unlikely that individual high-speed coastal boats armed with missiles or RPGs, are able to sink a large surface ship. Mosquito fleet of boats, in turn, can cause considerable damage to the ship.
Article " Iran's navy from guerrilla warfare to modern naval strategy , "Published in the year 2009 by the Office of Naval Intelligence, was perceived by many as a turning point in the consciousness of modern Western naval threats, but the Royal Navy had already begun work in this direction and identified a number of requirements, one of which is FASGW (L).
In this regard, the helicopters will continue to ensure the protection of ships, but instead of increasing the range and larger systems, such as Sea Skua, require smaller missiles with absolute precision, which could be used within the constraints of the Rules of Use of Force (Rules of Engagement).
12.7 mm FN Herstal M3M HMG and thermal sight DRS were also presented to improve force protection and security element "dose response".
In May of 2011, the UK Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Thales on "the development, qualification and initial production", including the manufacture of 1,000 missiles, induced by the laser beam.
Released in 2011, the year the press release Thales includes the following paragraph:
Thales. Britain and the UK Ministry of Defence announced today an innovative approach at the conclusion of the contract in accordance with the principles of the program Team Complex Weapons (TCW). Both sides agreed on the redistribution of previously obtained budgets in order to facilitate a full-scale design, mass production and adopting the British forces light multipurpose missiles.
Einstein's intelligence is needed to understand that they want it to say.
ADAPT contract was modified and used to initiate the development of LMM, ie by HVM. Or, in other words, the desire to get a Navy missile, capable of withstanding high-speed mosquito fleet, is more important than the desire to have the Army's air defense system.
Perhaps the incident with HMS Cornwall dispelled doubts on this issue.
Qualifying was in 2013, the year, and production will begin in 2014, the year (if not already started), Adopt the expected in 2015, the year that corresponds to the program Wildcat.
Description
Rocket is a very "slim" and aerodynamically efficient because there is no need to carry a warhead with a shaped charge and therefore there is no need in large diameter rocket. This allows for a fairly impressive range of 6-8 km with a minimum radius of action of only 400 meters, which is comparable with guided missiles. Low speed of 1.5 Mach also contributes to longer-range missiles, especially compared to the HVM, some components of which were used to create LMM.
Easy multi-purpose missile (LMM) from Thales
Trinadtsatikilogrammovaya rocket relatively easy, of course, much easier than the next category of air-to-surface missiles - pyatidesyatikilogrammovaya Hellfire / Brimstone. Tolerant warhead is relatively simple, 3 kg of explosive / shrapnel and a laser blaster that allows you to use a missile against targets made of a small amount of metal, such as inflatable boats and polunaduvnyh. For comparison: the Hellfire warhead weighs 9 kg, and the Javelin - 8,4 kg.
Easy multi-purpose missile (LMM) from Thales
Guidance system used by the laser beam is borrowed from the HVM / Starstreak. It is simple, it is difficult to fight, it is suitable for the marine environment and cheap, however, and it is not without drawbacks. For example, the simultaneous attack of several targets is not possible.
Reasonable compromise with a view to have it work with a limited budget.
Possibilities and alternatives
As with Brimstone, currently scheduled for service number UK LMM defined and very limited. Missile integrated on helicopters and Navy Wildcat somewhere else. Various configurations of LMM were demonstrated on the pylons Wildcat in packs of 7 and 5 rockets.
Helicopter Wildcat
Light multipurpose missile production Thales helicopter Wildcat
How many missiles will be in the launcher, it will become clear when they entered service, but version with 5 missiles increasingly catches my eye lately.
There is no doubt that attempts to export missiles, but these attempts to interfere with a limited number of planned to Adopt the missiles in their homeland, ie UK. Is it possible to use them elsewhere?
Airborne
Sure, the obvious platform for the deployment of LMM can become Army Aviation helicopters Wildcat and Apache AH-1. However, it should be noted that while the future of the fleet Apache will not be decided taking into account the possible use of elements of the American modernization Block III, which include additional costs, and LMM may remain in the list "would not hurt."
To be even more cynical, it is more flexible and better armed Wildcat - this is not exactly what the fans wanted to see to Apache. Especially in these difficult financial times, when those who hold the purse may ask what this is in Apache, which is not at Wildcat. It would be nice if there was a rocket LMM on both helicopters: Wildcat and Apache.
These missiles are not suitable for use in jet media and unlikely ever to be deployed on them, thus remain unmanned systems. Thales demonstrated and tested the LMM both BAE Fury and Shiebel Camcopter.
UAV BAE Fury and rocket Thaless LMM
Camcopter and missiles Thaless LMM
Larger UAV may even be able to carry several missiles as helicopter Wildcat. Combining them with Brimstone 2 will allow a single platform to place a very powerful, efficient and flexible set of weapons.
Despite the fact that the Royal Artillery would like to equip their UAV Watchkeeper, these desires are not supported financially and they have enough worries with the maintenance of Watchkeeper in working condition. Without a doubt, deployment of weapons will require a significant increase in training, airworthiness and overheads, and able to all this Watchkeeper, remains a subject of debate. Can be taken more easily, freely falling weapons. Thales has developed the concept of freely falling ammunition planning using warheads and guidance systems of missiles LMM dismantling rocket engine.
Bezdvigatelny controlled LMM from Thales
It's quite an elegant solution to maximize uniformity.
Ground-based
Since LMM was designed with the physical dimensions and electrical compatibility of existing missiles Starstreak HVM, it is possible that they may be placed on numerous pending or has already taken into service launchers. One such example is the system of Thor (Thor) capable of carrying as necessary combination of LMM missiles and Hellfire.
Thor (Thor) with missiles Starstreak / HVM is mounted on a light vehicle Pinzgauer
Tor system was later renamed the multipurpose missile system (Multimission Missile System), but has never been sold.
Aselsan company also demonstrated a system with remotely controlled weapon station (RWS) equipped with two missiles LMM and 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
In terrestrial conditions, in difficult circumstances, where necessary accuracy and reduced radius of destruction, missile LMM can serve low-power alternative to ATRA Javelin.
Thales demonstrated Starstreak a light launcher placed on wheeled vehicles, the system is called Rapid Ranger.
Rapid Ranger from Thales
This kind of light weapons can be placed on virtually any land vehicle, if it is suitable for Starstreak, it is suitable for LMM.
One can even imagine a couple missiles placed on the balloon Base-ISTAR to enable instant destruction flying targets; rocket has no recoil when firing.
Sea-based
LMM has also been demonstrated (and tested) for naval platform Seahawk Sigma As shown below, in conjunction with an automatic 30mm marine gun Bushmaster. MSI is one of the lesser-known British weapons manufacturers, which would have cost more to tell.
30-mm automatic gun Seahawk Sigma and LMM Thales
http://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2014-...thales-lmm.jpg
Turkish company Aselsan (Aselsan) demonstrated LMM naval launcher with 4 and 8 missiles LMM.
Naval installation LMM Thales
Aselsan Company together with the manufacturer patrol boats Yonca Onuk gyrostabilised developed along two axes launchers and a separate electro-optical director.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135897771/...ales-LMM-Naval
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135897895
Further development
Light multi-purpose missile system has a margin of modernization. Thales proposed warhead with a small amount of explosive warhead increased power and armor-piercing tandem warhead, and all this with a homing.
Easy multi-purpose missile from Thales
The current contract includes the development and production of 1,000 missiles, laser-guided, but Thales has already demonstrated a system with semi-active laser guidance (SAL), allowing to carry out an external target designation. It will also allow the system to be applied against a number of purposes, such as mosquito fleet.
Reportedly, the UK Ministry of Defence has called Thales include poluakrivnuyu laser seeker in the existing contract within the "total expenditure" and the system is already so mature that it is probable that the production version of the missile will be equipped with dual mode seeker, suggestive of the laser beam and the reflected laser beam. Other models include inertial guidance system and guidance system for satellite signals, as well as thermal imaging infrared seeker.
Conclusion
LMM developed relatively quickly due to the flexibility demonstrated by the UK Ministry of Defence, Roxel and Thales.
Were made necessary compromises and, as far as can be judged until it was completely reasonable compromises.
LMM is a replica of Brimstone, efficient and innovative system, the export potential is limited, being associated with its deployment and future plans.
You must expect the LMM on ships, land and air platforms - when she, of course, be ready!
History
LMM is a relatively new missile, although to a large extent it is based on an older family of missiles High Velocity Missile / Starstreak. Starstreak born of the requirements for short-range air defense systems, portable and installed on the vehicle. The system has its roots in the construction of MANPADS Blowpipe and Javelin. Starstreak is an extremely complex system; starts with the installation, after the establishment of the first stage of the rocket is accelerated to a high speed of 3.5 Mach. After development of the second stage towards the goal rush three submunition.
Rocket Starstreak
Each submunition "dart" is bezdvigatelnym, but it is also controlled and equipped with a delayed-action fuse, driving the warhead is already inside the target.
Anti-aircraft missile system Starstreak. Ill be enemy aircraft!
The complex has been tested on a number of platforms, such as helicopters and naval installations.
Marine launcher called Seastreak. She has appeared as a result of the program of the British Royal Navy from 1994, entitled Anti-aircraft firepower nearest boundary (Inner Layer Defence System, ILDS). Other naval SAM have four and six round platform mounted on launchers.
Soldier serves missile system Starstreak HVM High Velocity Missile System during exercises Olympic Guardian in London in 2012, the year
A soldier stands on duty near an air defense missile battery in the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London
In the year 2009 the project PVO (Air Defence Availability Project, ADAPT UK Ministry of Defence and Thales company signed a contract for HVM / Starstreak which will be put into service in the 2020th year. This contract also includes provisions for a new fire control system, target tracking system and a platform for future LMM.
Starstreak / HVM is not an easy multi-purpose missile (LMM), more about HVM Thales and British Army here .
In the year 2008 have been published requirements FASGW (L) of the Royal Navy to counter the threat of high-speed coastal boats (Fast Inshore Attack Craft, FIAC). Although it is unlikely that individual high-speed coastal boats armed with missiles or RPGs, are able to sink a large surface ship. Mosquito fleet of boats, in turn, can cause considerable damage to the ship.
Article " Iran's navy from guerrilla warfare to modern naval strategy , "Published in the year 2009 by the Office of Naval Intelligence, was perceived by many as a turning point in the consciousness of modern Western naval threats, but the Royal Navy had already begun work in this direction and identified a number of requirements, one of which is FASGW (L).
In this regard, the helicopters will continue to ensure the protection of ships, but instead of increasing the range and larger systems, such as Sea Skua, require smaller missiles with absolute precision, which could be used within the constraints of the Rules of Use of Force (Rules of Engagement).
12.7 mm FN Herstal M3M HMG and thermal sight DRS were also presented to improve force protection and security element "dose response".
In May of 2011, the UK Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Thales on "the development, qualification and initial production", including the manufacture of 1,000 missiles, induced by the laser beam.
Released in 2011, the year the press release Thales includes the following paragraph:
Thales. Britain and the UK Ministry of Defence announced today an innovative approach at the conclusion of the contract in accordance with the principles of the program Team Complex Weapons (TCW). Both sides agreed on the redistribution of previously obtained budgets in order to facilitate a full-scale design, mass production and adopting the British forces light multipurpose missiles.
Einstein's intelligence is needed to understand that they want it to say.
ADAPT contract was modified and used to initiate the development of LMM, ie by HVM. Or, in other words, the desire to get a Navy missile, capable of withstanding high-speed mosquito fleet, is more important than the desire to have the Army's air defense system.
Perhaps the incident with HMS Cornwall dispelled doubts on this issue.
Qualifying was in 2013, the year, and production will begin in 2014, the year (if not already started), Adopt the expected in 2015, the year that corresponds to the program Wildcat.
Description
Rocket is a very "slim" and aerodynamically efficient because there is no need to carry a warhead with a shaped charge and therefore there is no need in large diameter rocket. This allows for a fairly impressive range of 6-8 km with a minimum radius of action of only 400 meters, which is comparable with guided missiles. Low speed of 1.5 Mach also contributes to longer-range missiles, especially compared to the HVM, some components of which were used to create LMM.
Easy multi-purpose missile (LMM) from Thales
Trinadtsatikilogrammovaya rocket relatively easy, of course, much easier than the next category of air-to-surface missiles - pyatidesyatikilogrammovaya Hellfire / Brimstone. Tolerant warhead is relatively simple, 3 kg of explosive / shrapnel and a laser blaster that allows you to use a missile against targets made of a small amount of metal, such as inflatable boats and polunaduvnyh. For comparison: the Hellfire warhead weighs 9 kg, and the Javelin - 8,4 kg.
Easy multi-purpose missile (LMM) from Thales
Guidance system used by the laser beam is borrowed from the HVM / Starstreak. It is simple, it is difficult to fight, it is suitable for the marine environment and cheap, however, and it is not without drawbacks. For example, the simultaneous attack of several targets is not possible.
Reasonable compromise with a view to have it work with a limited budget.
Possibilities and alternatives
As with Brimstone, currently scheduled for service number UK LMM defined and very limited. Missile integrated on helicopters and Navy Wildcat somewhere else. Various configurations of LMM were demonstrated on the pylons Wildcat in packs of 7 and 5 rockets.
Helicopter Wildcat
Light multipurpose missile production Thales helicopter Wildcat
How many missiles will be in the launcher, it will become clear when they entered service, but version with 5 missiles increasingly catches my eye lately.
There is no doubt that attempts to export missiles, but these attempts to interfere with a limited number of planned to Adopt the missiles in their homeland, ie UK. Is it possible to use them elsewhere?
Airborne
Sure, the obvious platform for the deployment of LMM can become Army Aviation helicopters Wildcat and Apache AH-1. However, it should be noted that while the future of the fleet Apache will not be decided taking into account the possible use of elements of the American modernization Block III, which include additional costs, and LMM may remain in the list "would not hurt."
To be even more cynical, it is more flexible and better armed Wildcat - this is not exactly what the fans wanted to see to Apache. Especially in these difficult financial times, when those who hold the purse may ask what this is in Apache, which is not at Wildcat. It would be nice if there was a rocket LMM on both helicopters: Wildcat and Apache.
These missiles are not suitable for use in jet media and unlikely ever to be deployed on them, thus remain unmanned systems. Thales demonstrated and tested the LMM both BAE Fury and Shiebel Camcopter.
UAV BAE Fury and rocket Thaless LMM
Camcopter and missiles Thaless LMM
Larger UAV may even be able to carry several missiles as helicopter Wildcat. Combining them with Brimstone 2 will allow a single platform to place a very powerful, efficient and flexible set of weapons.
Despite the fact that the Royal Artillery would like to equip their UAV Watchkeeper, these desires are not supported financially and they have enough worries with the maintenance of Watchkeeper in working condition. Without a doubt, deployment of weapons will require a significant increase in training, airworthiness and overheads, and able to all this Watchkeeper, remains a subject of debate. Can be taken more easily, freely falling weapons. Thales has developed the concept of freely falling ammunition planning using warheads and guidance systems of missiles LMM dismantling rocket engine.
Bezdvigatelny controlled LMM from Thales
It's quite an elegant solution to maximize uniformity.
Ground-based
Since LMM was designed with the physical dimensions and electrical compatibility of existing missiles Starstreak HVM, it is possible that they may be placed on numerous pending or has already taken into service launchers. One such example is the system of Thor (Thor) capable of carrying as necessary combination of LMM missiles and Hellfire.
Thor (Thor) with missiles Starstreak / HVM is mounted on a light vehicle Pinzgauer
Tor system was later renamed the multipurpose missile system (Multimission Missile System), but has never been sold.
Aselsan company also demonstrated a system with remotely controlled weapon station (RWS) equipped with two missiles LMM and 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
In terrestrial conditions, in difficult circumstances, where necessary accuracy and reduced radius of destruction, missile LMM can serve low-power alternative to ATRA Javelin.
Thales demonstrated Starstreak a light launcher placed on wheeled vehicles, the system is called Rapid Ranger.
Rapid Ranger from Thales
This kind of light weapons can be placed on virtually any land vehicle, if it is suitable for Starstreak, it is suitable for LMM.
One can even imagine a couple missiles placed on the balloon Base-ISTAR to enable instant destruction flying targets; rocket has no recoil when firing.
Sea-based
LMM has also been demonstrated (and tested) for naval platform Seahawk Sigma As shown below, in conjunction with an automatic 30mm marine gun Bushmaster. MSI is one of the lesser-known British weapons manufacturers, which would have cost more to tell.
30-mm automatic gun Seahawk Sigma and LMM Thales
http://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2014-...thales-lmm.jpg
Turkish company Aselsan (Aselsan) demonstrated LMM naval launcher with 4 and 8 missiles LMM.
Naval installation LMM Thales
Aselsan Company together with the manufacturer patrol boats Yonca Onuk gyrostabilised developed along two axes launchers and a separate electro-optical director.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135897771/...ales-LMM-Naval
http://www.scribd.com/doc/135897895
Further development
Light multi-purpose missile system has a margin of modernization. Thales proposed warhead with a small amount of explosive warhead increased power and armor-piercing tandem warhead, and all this with a homing.
Easy multi-purpose missile from Thales
The current contract includes the development and production of 1,000 missiles, laser-guided, but Thales has already demonstrated a system with semi-active laser guidance (SAL), allowing to carry out an external target designation. It will also allow the system to be applied against a number of purposes, such as mosquito fleet.
Reportedly, the UK Ministry of Defence has called Thales include poluakrivnuyu laser seeker in the existing contract within the "total expenditure" and the system is already so mature that it is probable that the production version of the missile will be equipped with dual mode seeker, suggestive of the laser beam and the reflected laser beam. Other models include inertial guidance system and guidance system for satellite signals, as well as thermal imaging infrared seeker.
Conclusion
LMM developed relatively quickly due to the flexibility demonstrated by the UK Ministry of Defence, Roxel and Thales.
Were made necessary compromises and, as far as can be judged until it was completely reasonable compromises.
LMM is a replica of Brimstone, efficient and innovative system, the export potential is limited, being associated with its deployment and future plans.
You must expect the LMM on ships, land and air platforms - when she, of course, be ready!
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