08.12.2023, 15:10
Zitat:Indian Navy MiG-29s Get Israeli Rampage Standoff Weaponhttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/in...off-weapon
The Indian Navy is the first confirmed customer of the Rampage high-speed strike weapon, and is adding them to its MiG-29 carrier fighters. [...]
Photos confirm that India is the first known export customer for the Israeli-made Rampage missile, an air-launched, precision-guided, high-speed weapon, which is an adapted guided artillery rocket, similar to the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). New Delhi’s acquisition of the Rampage continues a close military relationship between the two countries, especially when it comes to missile sales, and provides India with a powerful weapon that would appear to have particular utility for future border confrontations with neighboring Pakistan, but also contingencies involving China.
Two photos that have appeared on social media confirm that the Rampage missile is now in the hands of the Indian Navy, specifically on its Russian-made MiG-29K/KUB Fulcrum carrier-based fighters. [...]
First breaking cover back in 2018, the Rampage was developed by Israeli Military Industries Systems, or IMI Systems, in cooperation with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), as an air-launched derivative of IMI Systems’ ground-launched Extended Range Artillery guided artillery rocket, or EXTRA. Development was likely accelerated by what appear to be only minimal changes to the weapon’s external design for the air-launched role, primarily the addition of a reinforced section of the center body that includes the attachment lugs. [...]
Using a GPS-assisted inertial navigation system (INS) guidance system, the Rampage is said to be effective even against hostile jamming or other efforts to interfere with GPS receivers. Bearing in mind the kinds of high-tech adversaries that India might find itself fighting against — chiefly China and Pakistan — electronic warfare attacks are a very likely prospect in future conflict scenarios.
Schneemann