Re: [GZG] Target Identification and IFF

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On 8/30/05, B Lin 
wrote: 
> 
> There is actually a range of issues in identification:
> 
> First: Is there something there?
> Second: What is it?
> Third: Is it Friendly?

Before WWII both the US and British airforce use a round Red circle

in their aircraft insignia. The Japanese used the red circle in all of

their aircraft insignias. In early 1942 the US Army and Navy dropped

the Red circle and the British Air force modified their insignia for the

Pacific theater. When you only have a fraction of a second to make a

decision the fewer distractions the better.

Scott