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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Home Sniperscopes
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.043515.27582@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 11 Feb 91 04:35:15 GMT
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From: v059l49z@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Paul C Stacy)

In article <1991Feb8.014547.18852@cbnews.att.com>, rats@ihlpm.att.com (David Woo) writes...
>In <1991Feb7.014350.2587@cbnews.att.com> Mike Edelman states:
> 
>I noticed strike footage from an A-10 shown on the news yesterday. As
>this was a night strike, just what type of NV gear does an A-10 use?

The A-10 uses the LANTIRN pod system as does the F-15 and F-16 (possibly others
as well.)  One pod contains a terrain-following radar and other navigational
goodies while another carries an IR sensor, laser designator, and other
aiming goodies.

As I understand it, they were distributed to F-15's first, then F-16's, and
finally A-10's (and not all have them).  There might have been more 
aquisitions since my books were written.




				Paul "Joe Friday" Stacy