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18 April 2006 Precision Strike Association Annual Programs Review

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The Royal Air Force’s New Precision Strike Weapon

Squadron Leader Jim Mulholland 31 Sqn’s Weapons Leader

BRIMSTONE


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Aim

§ Leave you with a lasting impression of the capability of the Royal Air Force’s latest precision strike weapon

§ BRIMSTONE.


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Classification


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Scope

§ Capability Gap § BRIMSTONE § Evaluation § The Future § Summary.


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Scope

§ Capability Gap. § BRIMSTONE § Evaluation § The Future § Summary.


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Capability Gap

Very Hard and Deeply Buried

Hard

Semi Hard

Soft

Area

Relocatable

Mobile Hardness

Time Sensitivity

Range


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Capability Gap

Very Hard and Deeply Buried

Hard

Semi Hard

Soft

Area

Relocatable

Mobile

§ Precision § Effect § Time § Range § Low Collateral § Interoperability § Growth Potential

§ Selective ─ Precision

─ Effect ─ At

─ Range


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Capability Gap § Precision § Effect § Time § Range § Low Collateral § Interoperability § Growth Potential

üYes üYes üYes üYes üYes üYes üYes.


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Scope § Capability Gap § Brimstone: ─ Requirements ─ Overview (seeker, missile) ─ Employment ─ Attack Mode ─ Video Simulation.

§ The Future § Summary.


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Brimstone Requirements § Minimum Crew Workload § Autonomous / Fire and Forget § Multiple Kills per pass § All weather / 24 Hour operation § Modular to ease growth potential § Currently highly effective against a wide variety of: APCs ADUs SPGs MBTs


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Brimstone § Weapon Comprises:

─ An All Up Round from the container

─ A reuseable 3 rail 1760 launcher

─ Up to 3 Missiles per Salvo ─ Up to 12 Missiles per jet ─ Built In Test.


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Brimstone

§ Designed to: ─ Defeat armoured targets ─ Launch from high speed fixed wing

─ Multiple or single missile firing

─ Supersonic cruise ─ 3 attack scenarios.


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Brimstone Seeker § Active 94 GHz FMCW radar ‘pushbroom’

§ Autonomous / Fire and forget capability

§ All weather / night

§ Terrain avoidance

§ Real time target detection and classification.

Cross Track

Down Range


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Brimstone Missile § Mass, electrical and mechanical external interfaces are all similar to the Hellfire Missile § Operation in a high speed environment .


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Brimstone Employment § Manual data entry future § Target position (Lat, Long, Alt), start search, stop search, self destruct, attack mode.

Aimpoint

S tart Search D istance

S top Search D is tance

Actual Target Pos ition

Target Acquired

Cru ise he ight

Launch Height

F lyout

Seeker Search & Ground Track ing

Target Tracking

Self Destruct D istance


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Brimstone Attack Mode § Point Attack:

─ Select number of missiles ─ Search in the same area – self destruct ─ Direct or indirect.

Self Destruct Point

Launch Point

StartSearch

Building

SelfDestruct Point

StopSearch

Search Area


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Brimstone Attack Mode § Column Attack:

─ Select number of weapons 3 or 6 Missiles ─ Each missile engages nth target ─ Dependent on the number of weapons and the release order.

Missile 1

Missile 3

Missile 2


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Brimstone Attack Mode

§ Area Attack: ─ Select 1 to 4 weapons 3 to 12 Missiles ─ Missiles generate different target search areas based on target position, weapon number and release order.

O r ig in a l T a r g e t P o in t

S e c o n d W e a p o n F i r s t W e a p o n

M is s i le 1

M is s i le 2

M is s i le 3

M is s i le 5

M is s i le 6

M is s i le 4


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Brimstone Video Simulation


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Scope § Capability Gap § BRIMSTONE ─ Requirements ─ Overview (seeker, missile) ─ Employment ─ Attack scenarios ─ Video Simulation

§ Evaluation. § The Future § Summary.


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Evaluation § Between Jan to Dec 2005 evaluation, and acceptance trials § IOC Mar 2005, FOC Dec 2005 § Extensive RAF Service Evaluation Trials:

─ All attack modes ─ Stationary and moving targets ─ Single missile and weapon salvoes ─ 22 missiles fired, 21 hits

§ Mature, capable and rigorously tested.


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§ The Future. § Summary.


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The Near Future

§ Now available as a weapon of choice for Operations

§ Apr 06 full integration in a SEAD scenario, ‘Sensor to Shooter’

§ Evolution of the Tornado employment tactics against SEAD defences

§ Brimstone DEAD?


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The Future § Sea trials have confirmed tracking capability § Naval target arrays: Boghammar, Boston Whaler, Zodiac H1010, Future Catamaran § Seeker Algorithms:

─ DEAD, sea targets, urban environments, man made structures.


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The Future

§ Insensitive Munitions § Increased range § Data Link


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§ The Future. § Summary.


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Summary üPrecision üEffect üTime üRange ü Low Collateral ü Interoperability üGrowth Potential

üSnipe to Area üERA üSimple + Supersonic üOut of danger üMinimal üFastJet Proven 1760 – US ahead üModular Incremental üThis is already a production Missile


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Summary § Thomas Edison:

“There is a way to do things better find it”

§ Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup: “In the early days of my career it would have taken 21 jaguar aircraft bombers to take out a single Soviet tank. Now one aircraft equipped with Brimstone could take out a dozen tanks”

§ If you are still unsure or are considering a career operating for an opposing force inside an armoured vehicle …………………..


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Do you have any questions?

This tank had all explosives and combustible fluids removed and it was still burning 8 hrs after being impacted by BRIMSTONE…


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The End

Squadron Leader Jim Mulholland 31 Sqn’s Weapons Leader

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