What do you think which guidance seeker should MRAShM have? I suggest IR guidance like Kara Atmaca.
Radar seeker emits signals so it's easy to be detected. For middle range IR guidance with GPS would be great.
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İf it's a MRAShM , it has IR seeker.
Most medium range missiles like Harpoon and Exocet use active radar homing. Our Som-j uses terrain referenced navigation and IIR seeker. Israeli Gabriel 5/Mk4 and SKorean Haeseong have 200km ranges and both use active radar homing. Marte ER has over 100km range and use active radar too.
True; Radar homing can be detected. Spear-3 has all three, (radar, IR and laser homing) As IR seekers are passive they are stealthier.
Active radar homing is mainly used at the terminal stage though. INS and GPS guidance turns to active radar at terminal stage.
This missile needs to be effective, cheap and accurate. So a seeker head that we can manufacture most reliably, cheaply and in abundance should be chosen.