Munition:seact

Steerable Extended Active Radar Seeker

Active radar seekers find targets by sending out bursts of radio waves and listening for the return. Their major advantage is that they allow missiles to be fully autonomous, without the need of any other platform to guide them in for the kill. Unfortunately, active seekers without backup are also easy to decoy and jam.
This seeker is an upgrade over the fixed version. The radar emitter is mounted on a swivel head, allowing it to point in a different direction from the missile's direction of travel. This means it can widen it's effective field of view by performing a conical scan, making it more likely to find the target. Additionally, it can keep its seeker pointed at the target while performing evasive maneuvers, or just leading the target at an extreme angle of approach.

Steerable Extended Active Radar Seeker
Type	Seeker
Base Cost	3 pts
Validator Cost	0.25 pts
Type	RADAR
Range	5,000 m
FOV (deg)	40 deg
Validator Reliability	95%
Steerable	Yes
Conical Scan	Yes
Maximum Steer Angle	12 deg
Gain	25 dB
Power	150 kW
Position Targeting	Yes
Supports TRPs	Yes
Measures Position	Yes
Measures Velocity	Yes
Validator Memory	No
Time-to-go-Impact	2.5 seconds
Faction

Active Radar Seekers employ a small forward facing radar emitter & receiver in order to search for targets. These use the same Radar Cross Section mechanics as other search radars, such as the Frontline. As of the missile update all RADAR based missiles prefer to select targets in the center of their FOV (Targets on the edge of the seeker cone are 50% less likely to be chosen as a target). Active Radar seekers come in three varieties which have different ranges and search cones; Fixed Active Radar, Steerable Active Radar, and Steerable Extended Active Radar. Steerable seekers with conical scan will continuously rotate their search cones in a counterclockwise circle (from the perspective of the missile forward) at their max steer angle.