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> Also, I wonder how the heat seeking missile can track such a small and low thermal object. Must be one hell of a sensor. A discussion thread somewhere a coup
by tbrownaw 4y ago
> Also, I wonder how the heat seeking missile can track such a small and low thermal object. Must be one hell of a sensor.
A discussion thread somewhere a couple days ago said they're not really "heat seeking" but object-tracking from a video feed, and the video camera just happens (well, deliberately because it works better) to use IR bands instead of visible bands.
- nradov 4y agoSome people may be confused because originally the AIM-9 literally was a heat seeker and could only lock onto hot targets. The later models introduced after about 1977 use a completely different seeker and are far more capable.