Re: Lasers can't be defended against?

Soviets apparently use it (IR) as standard ROE choice currently. 

IR (crude use of AAM seeker head) was used by A-10 for night missions
(something they supposedly couldn't do...) and Iraqi targets were hit
after being detected this way.

Gracias.
Glenn Wilson, Triple Threat Wargamer - (loses equally well in
SF/Fantasy/Historical Games.)  Prefers Fantasy Dwarves, Starguard
Science
Fiction, 1500-1700 North America Skirmishes, the First Crusade.

On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 19:44:09 -0400 Brian Quirt <baqrt@mta.ca> writes:
>Popeyesays@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>> In a message dated 4/24/00 6:25:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
>> wargamergmw@juno.com writes:
>> 
>> << Can be active or passive (as today.)
>> 
>>  Gracias. >>
>> 
>> Active IR is an infra-red spectrum searchlight - not much use 
>against
>> aircraft.
>
>	Just a quick note (a more detailed reply is in preparation), 
>but I seem
>to recall something called "FLIR" (forward-looking infrared radar) 
>which
>(IIRC) was used by fighters for targetting purposes. If this is in 
>fact
>the case, infrared is being used in an active mode, and may thus be 
>detected.
>
>-Brian Quirt

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