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Re:U.S. Air Force has shot down multiple air-launched missil... by coredog64 on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @07:03AM (#19848280)
Building a useful air launched missile that spins at a rate capable of being a countermeasure is difficult.
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Re:U.S. Air Force has shot down multiple air-launched missil... by Retric on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @07:56AM (#19848584)
On it’s own I agree, but even fairly slow rotation such as 1 RPM becomes useful on edge cases. That’s not hard to achieve.

My point is if you find the minimum power output to be X kw, you want to deploy something at ~4x power output to deal with fairly easy modifications.

PS: Stealth capabilities is probably a bigger long term issue, but that’s a large modification.

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Re:U.S. Air Force has shot down multiple air-launched missil... by nradov on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @08:50AM (#19848872)
The existing RIM-116 does spin in flight. However it's designed for use on surface ships, not aircraft.
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