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Missiles can track things other than heat signatures.
by ironick09 4y ago
Missiles can track things other than heat signatures.
- closewith 4y agoAs far as has ever been publicly disclosed, there is no version of the AIM-9X with a non-IR seeker.
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- ceejayoz 4y agoEach of the variants, including the AIM-9X, are listed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder as "IR/Laser fuze". Boresight shot towards a slow, non-maneuvering target plus laser fuze should be just fine.
- closewith 4y agoWhat do you mean by boresight shot? Even in BORE mode, the AIM-9X seeker tracks the IR signature of the target.
- ceejayoz 4y agoArm missile, fire straight ahead, let proximity fuze do the work. AIM-9X has demonstrated capability to fire without a lock.
- closewith 4y agoI think you are confused about the difference between fuzing and seeking. There is no publicly known way to fire an AIM-9X without seeking. It can be fired with out the seeker having a lock and given updated guidance from the launch platform via datalink to direct it towards the target so that it can then acquire the target with its own seeker. Even in BORE mode, the seeker attempts to acquire the target immediately. The fuze is a set of two separate mechanisms, an active IR laser and photodiodes for the non-contact fuze and a contact fuze.
- viciousvoxel 4y agoPerhaps they painted the target with an IR laser. Just a guess.