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From: yarvin-norman@cs.yale.edu (Norman Yarvin)
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Subject: Re: sources for IR scope tubes
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Date: 8 Aug 90 21:21:28 GMT
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In article <2903@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM> jimc@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM (Jim Cathey) writes:
>The last (and only) heat-seeking doodad I saw required a liquid
>nitrogen (or something like that) supply to cool the sensor assembly
>down to the point where it would work.

The early Sidewinders weren't liquid-nitrogen-cooled; that was introduced in
later versions, to make the seeker more sensitive.

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Norman Yarvin					yarvin-norman@cs.yale.edu