On October 1, The Wall Street Journal wrote that the United States will transfer to Ukraine intelligence for high -range missiles, and also consider the opportunity to provide Kyiv weapons that can hit more goals in the Russian Federation.
Defense Express recalls that Ukraine can theoretically get from the United States, large -range missiles Tomahawk And Intelligence from the United States will be needed to attack even for the well -known Ukrainian targets.
Experts explained that the base for missiles is an inertial system that independently calculates the position of the rocket, using data on the time of flight, speed and course. Such a system works autonomously, but even in modern very valuable high -precision systems with laser gyroscopes per 1000 km of flight, the deviation will be up to 5 km.
Tomahawk has two improved systems – Tercom and DSMAC.
Tercom provides for the laying of the “cast” rocket in memory of the height map, during the flight of the rocket, the height -heights measures the height difference and compares it with the standard that has accurate coordinates.
DSMAC – is also discarded from the reference “casts”, but not heights, but images of the area. In flight, the rocket takes photos of the surface under him and compares with the sample.
“In order for them to work, it is necessary, firstly, a high-precision map of the heights of the territory of the Russian Federation. And the only source of such information is the United States, which is already known since the time of requests from Storm Shadow strikes in the Russian Federation, because, as it turned out, even the volume of information has no information. Secondly, relevant satellite images of the territory of the Russian Federation, Tomahawk in that” format “, which can be” read “. Take only from the United States, ”the material says.
The United States also has its own “military” GPS, notes Defense Express. We are talking about special encrypted signals from satellites, which are not susceptible to spun, because for their fake you first need to be decrypted.
“Of course, Tomahawk and other American cruise missiles use the“ military ”GPS. The pleasant news for Ukraine is used – the supply of cruise missiles with the“ military ”GPS to Ukraine has already been agreed because it is with it that winged missiles under the ERAM program,” the publication said.
According to Defense Express, there is another reconnaissance information that will significantly increase the efficiency of strikes with American cruise missiles – the placement of air defense systems.
“That is, in general, when it comes to” intelligence “from the United States for impacts by cruise missiles in the Russian Federation, it is not the coordinates of goals, but high -precision cards and images in the format used in American cruise missiles for Tercom and DSMAC. As well as information about enemy air defense systems in the deep rear of the Russian Federation,” the authors of the material emphasized.
