Notes:
Originally developed by Israel in the late 1980s for use by ships, the
Barak-1 is a lightweight missile for defense against both aircraft and weapons
such as tactical missiles, smart bombs, air-to-surface missiles, ATGM, and
unguided rounds. The missile may be
guided by IR, radar, laser, or manually steered, depending on the ECM/IRCM
environment. Though it is used by
the mobile ADAMS system, there are no independent launchers.
Weapon |
Weight |
Accuracy |
Guidance |
Sensing |
Price |
Barak-1 |
(Missile) 88 kg |
Easy |
Radar/IR/Laser/Optical |
All Aspect |
(Missile) $55780 |
Weapon |
Reload |
Speed |
Min Rng |
Max Rng |
Damage |
Pen |
Type |
Barak-1 |
13 |
3735 |
500 |
13000 |
C44
B94 |
19C |
FRAG-HE |
Tamir
Notes: The Tamir
is an interesting sort of interceptor; several countries are working on similar
systems, though the Tamir is the first functional system.
It is interesting that the Tamir, in its early tests, was fired from an
MML (Multi-Mission Launcher), which is based on an MTVL Truck, and the system
was also used the same day to demonstrate the Indirect Fire Protection
Capability Increment 2 Intercept (IPFC Inc 2-I), which is designed to defeat
UAVs, cruise missiles rockets, artillery rounds in flight, and mortar rounds in
flight, and uses components from the Tamir, including the intercept electronics
and sighting system. In addition,
US systems are able to use the Tamir missile, though they have not used it
except in tests.
The Tamir, as
can be discerned from the above information, is designed to intercept rockets,
artillery rounds, and mortar rounds in flight.
No information has been released on whether the Tamir is also able to
intercept UAVs, cruise missiles, or low-flying aircraft.
The Tamir is the indirect fire interceptor component of Israel’s Iron
Dome missile interception system, which currently uses separate interceptors and
systems for low and high-altitude missile interception, low-flying aircraft,
UAVs, and cruise missiles, and helicopters and low-flying aircraft, and
high-speed and high-altitude aircraft.
Obviously, replacing all these systems with one missile and system would
be beneficial to Israeli defenses.
The Tamil’s
launcher consists of fifteen tubes, which may be fired one at a time or
ripple-fired up to the entire launcher’s worth of missiles. (It should be noted
that in the Iron Dome system, the Tamir is launched from up to two 10-round
launchers per system.) It interfaces with the US Army-developed IBCS (Integrated
Battle Command Structure at present, though in the future tweaks will probably
be made to use Israeli electronics and manufacturing methods.
The Tamir system includes radar and sever electro-optical sensors in both
the fire electronics and in the nose of the missile, making the Tamir a fire-and
forget system. The Tamir system’s
radar produces 360-degree coverage using AESA radar, a quantum-leap over the
Iron Dome’s current systems, and are systems that may be incorporated into Iron
Dome’s systems. Iron Dome currently
used the Patriot PAC-3 as it’s primary interceptor, but rumors state that the
Israeli’s may replace the Patriots with Tamirs in the future.
The Tamir uses both HTK interception and long-rod fragmentation warheads
to intercept targets.
When
intercepting UAVs, helicopters, low and high-altitude or low-flying high-speed
aircraft, the probability of a successful interception by a Tamir is Average:
Electronics or Impossible: Missiles.
Interception of high-altitude UAVs or aircraft is Difficult: Electronics
or Impossible: Missiles.
Interception of artillery rounds and artillery rockets is Difficult: Electronics
or Very Impossible: Missiles.
Interception of Mortar rounds is Impossible: Electronics or Forget About It::
Missiles. The Tamil may also be
used as an SSM; the probability of a successful hit is Difficult: Electronics or
Impossible: Missiles. (Scatter in this case is normal as for an artillery
round.)
Weapon |
Weight |
Accuracy |
Guidance |
Sensing |
Price |
Barak-1 |
(Missile) 90 kg |
Variable (See Above) |
Radar//2nd Gen Image
Intensification/2nd Gen FLIR/Optical |
All Aspect |
(Missile) $5976 |
Weapon |
Reload |
Speed |
Min Rng |
Max Rng |
Damage |
Pen |
Type |
Barak-1 |
10 |
3500 |
4000 (FLIR/Img Int
125) |
50000 |
C38
B88 |
17C |
FRAG-HE |