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From: aws@vax3.iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)
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Subject: Re: How Many B-2's Are Enough ???
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Date: 29 Jul 89 03:27:13 GMT
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From: aws@vax3.iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer)

In article <8628@cbnews.ATT.COM> maniac%garnet.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George W. Herbert) writes:
>>But our fighters, in particular, do not carry IR detectors.  Probably
>>a better statement would be that the US is ahead a bit in the technology,
>
>Aah, Henry, you ignore the ingenuity of american pilots.  They will merely
>energize the seeker heads of their Sidewinder AIM-9[L,M,N] and wait for the
>growl.  At that point they know there's a plane ahead.

As indeed they do. However the field of view of an AIM-9 is limited. With 
an IRST on the aircraft you would get a wider field of view plus the 
posibility of identifying the aircraft from it's signature.


   Allen

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