General Characteristics [ESSM Block I]:

Primary Function: Surface-To-Air and Surface-To-Surface radar-guided missile.”

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2200&tid=950&ct=2
 
 

“Bistatic, semiactive seekers in the nose of a missile receive a reflected signal from a target that is being “illuminated” with an RF signal transmitted from a fire control radar on a stand-off platform (e.g., aircraft, ship). Such systems *REQUIRE* that the platform maintain *LINE OF SIGHT (LOS)* to the target until it is engaged by the missile. Ship-based standard missile (SM) and NATO Seasparrow AAW missiles are examples of such a semiactive mode.

The NATO Seasparrow requires a constant signal for homing.”

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Range is *MORE THAN 35 Miles*.

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The target is “Illuminated” with a 2° (RF) Pencil Beam which has to be maintained *”Painted”* on the target until detonation.  At a more than generous 50 Feet Elevation above Sea LEVEL (Target Illumination Radar Height), the target should be hidden behind 463 Feet of Curvature.

Please explain how you can have *Line of Sight (LOS) 35 Miles Away* on a “Spinning-Ball” by showing how an 2° RF Pencil Beam can penetrate 463 Feet (141 METERS) of Target Hidden Height through a WALL OF WATER *26 MILES in Length* …??
(ps. 35 miles is *”Low Balling”*
The ‘Official’ Max Effective Range is Classified —- i.e. it’s MUCH MUCH greater than 35 Miles !! ).

 

So Either … 
 
a. The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM Block I) Exists, OR… 
b. The Spinning-Ball Religion Exists
 
*BOTH Can’t Be TRUE !!!* Savvy?
 
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See if you can follow this:
 
1.  Range of the ESSM Block I is 50km. (Actually, it’s much farther: “Classified“) 
2.  The Target *MUST BE* Illuminated by a RF Pencil Beam via a TARGET ILLUMINATION RADAR on the LAUNCH SHIP for the                Weapon System to Engage; Ergo, it *MUST HAVE* : Line of Sight (LOS)
3.  The Target Illumination Radar and ESSM Block I *MUST BE* on the LAUNCH SHIP. 
4.  Surface Targets (Ships, Sea Skimmers etc) are Engaged by the ESSM Block 1 from the *Launch SHIPS*
5.  The horizon at 50 Feet elevation according to the ‘Curve Calculators’ is 8.65 miles; Ergo…the LIMIT of LOS on a Sphere is 8.65 miles at that Elevation. 
6.  IF the ESSM Block 1 can engage Surface Targets from Ships at anything >8.65 Miles ( *13.9 km* ) and it most assuredly can, THEN…
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*The Earth MUST BE Flat*

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Modus Tollens:

If *”P“* then *”Q“*.
NOT*”Q“*.
Therefore, NOT*”P“*.

If the Earth is a sphere with a radius 3959 miles (*”P“*), then Illuminating Surface Targets (including “Sea-Skimmers”) with an RF Pencil Beam would be limited to 8.65 miles. (*”Q“*)                                                                                                                                                                 

NOT *”Q“* (Surface Targets ARE illuminated then Engaged at distances >4x that limit),

Therefore, NOT *”P“*=

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**EARTH IS NOT A SPHERE !!!!**
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The Prosecution Rests.
Simple.
They live in a Fairytale.
The End.
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Baller Rebuttal:But the missile and the target illumination radar don’t have to be on the Same Ship. —

Factually Incorrect 

“Unlike RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile and ESSM Block 1, Block 2’s active seeker will support terminal engagement *without the launch ship’s target illumination radars* . Between the semi-active capabilities that Block 1 brings and the active capabilities that Block 2 will bring, the Consortium’s warfighters will have the best of both worlds when it comes to ship self defenses.”

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This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ means the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow and the ESSM BLOCK 1 *MUST HAVE* the Target Illumination Radar and the MISSILE ON THE LAUNCH SHIP.
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The ESSM Block II DOESN’T NEED the LAUNCH SHIP’S TARGET ILLUMINATION RADAR on the Ship, BUT … the Block II ESSM isn’t gonna be ready until 2020 !!! …

“The *Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block II*, an improved short-range, ship-based missile that counters attacks by multiple cruise missiles at low altitude, as well as adversary jamming and radar deception. *It will be fielded in 2020* with 80 missiles going to the fleet.”
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ERGO… Please tell me How the *ESSM Block I* has been Engaging *SURFACE BASED TARGETS* at more than 50 km with the *TARGET ILLUMINATION RADARS* on *LAUNCH SHIPS* … *FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS? (!!!!)*

       

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“The first production ESSM was delivered in late 2002 to the U.S. Navy by Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS) and has been in *FULL OPERATIONAL USE* in the U.S. *SINCE 2004*.”
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*KaBooM !!!*

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The Fairytale BallTARD Spinning Space Monkey Religion just 

*”Crashed and Burned“* with such FEROCITY it would make Steve Austin’s Six Million Dollar Man Crash & Burn look like a Fender Bender !!
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