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ORIGIN: (Real World)
England (United Kingdom)
GAMES FEATURED IN:
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Ace Combat 06: Fires of Liberation
COMPATIBLE AIRCRAFT:
Tornado GR.1, Tornado GR.4, Tornado IDS
OVERVIEW:
The Sea Eagle is a completely autonomous missile following launch. Once the Buccaneer's navigator has acquired a target, the information is sent to the missile prior to it's release. On launch the missile drops to sea-skimming height of only 10ft!, using a 'Radar Altimeter' and a directional 'Inertial Navigation System' (INS) to control it's trajectory.
The Sea Eagle is a true 'Fire-and-Forget' weapon.
When the missile has estimated that it had penetrated the radar horizon of the designated target vessel, the 'I-Band Active Homing Head' switches on and the missile begins to climb - until this moment the system has remained totally silent. As soon as the target is selected, the missile returns to it's sea-skimming profile, to eventually hit the target vessel at only 10ft above the water line. It is armed with a 506lb 'Semi-Armour Piercing' (SAP), impact delay-fused penetrating 'Blast Fragmentation' warhead, capable of penetrating up to six bulkheads of a modern warship.
From the outset, the Sea Eagle was designed to operate in an 'Electronic Counter-Measures' (ECM) environment and even has the capability to locate and 'Lock-On' to a specific vessel within a target group. It's on board computer has a programmable guidance system providing for a large choice of cruise, search, and attack options.
It's attack profile, flying at only 10ft above the surface of the sea, means that it is near-impossible to engage and a 24 missile salvo guaranteed to succeed. Also, the Sea Eagle's autonomous nature means that it is in it's element as a night attack weapon.
If attacking a Surface Attack Group (SAG) comprising a number of warships, the Buccaneers would have gone in silent. However they could receive information via a secure link from Nimrod or AWAC aircraft, which would update them of the SAG location and formation. Individual Sea Eagle missiles could then be programmed to attack specific ships -- nearest, furthest, largest etc. During the attack run, when the Sea Eagle did it's pop up, it would identify it's target then go back to 10ft and home in on it's target. Sea Eagle could fly around other ships to get to its selected target.
Source:
Blackburn-Bucaneer
FlyingZone
*Original Article by Ribbon-Vermilion*
