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I know nothing about the current state of military tech, but that looks like a targeting camera that has some sort of edge detection allowing it to track the ob
by eric_h 9y ago
I know nothing about the current state of military tech, but that looks like a targeting camera that has some sort of edge detection allowing it to track the object.
The vertical lines to the left and right of the object appear computer controlled, to me, especially because they track the left and right edges of the object and the vertical length changes in a way that seems reactive to the object on screen.
The brief moment where those lines don't have the object centered and then it just jumps back into place (at the very end of the video ~31-32s) screams computer assisted to me.
In short, I don't think that's manual tracking, because I'm pretty sure that even a Navy pilot would have trouble tracking it that perfectly by hand.
- maskull 9y agocould be this ATFLIR pod, same reticle seen here: https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/21/heres-the-video-of-the-syrian-su-22-fitter-being-shot-down-by-a-u-s-navy-fa-18e-super-hornet/comment-page-3/ https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/21/heres-the-video-of-the...
- neurotech1 9y agoThe pod is an AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR[0][1], a type of IRST (InfraRed Search & Tracking) system. The pod is either cued by the F/A-18 radar, or automatically tracked by pod itself. The ATFLIR has a computer assisted stabilization system. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR [1] https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/ https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/