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From: stevenp@decwrl.pa.dec.com (Steven Philipson)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: How effective was the Stealth fighter?
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Date: 9 May 91 02:18:32 GMT
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From: stevenp@decwrl.pa.dec.com (Steven Philipson)


wb9omc@ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick) writes;
> I DON'T recall
> the FLIR and DLIR ever being installed on an A10 - which means for the
> A10 to do its work at night might well be about impossible.

   The A-10 did operate at night in the Gulf.  The April 22 issue of
Aviation Week reports that A-10's used imaging infrared Maverick
missiles and thus were able to indentify and destroy tanks at night.
(page 46).

   There have been proposals to install FLIR systems on A-10's, but
they have not reached production.  An installed FLIR would likely make
the A-10 more effective at night as the proposed systems are more
sensitive, have a wider field of view, and have higher resolution than
the Maverick seekers.

Steve
stevenp@decwrl.dec.com