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What do you mean by boresight shot? Even in BORE mode, the AIM-9X seeker tracks the IR signature of the target.
by closewith 4y ago
What 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.