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MISSILE RADAR HEAD [4 records]

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Record 1 2000-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Field Artillery
CONT

... a trailer mounted telescopic collimation mast... which consists of a mast head, an optical sight, an infra-red lamp, a target and missile simulator and a detector of radar and missile command guidance signals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

collimation : Didact. (astron.) Orientation d'un instrument d'optique dans une direction précise, pointage.

Spanish

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Record 2 1997-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

[The AIM-9G missile] closely resembled the -9D but employed SEAM (Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode) electronics, while the [AIM-9H], a US Navy weapon, was basically a solid-state version of the -9G.

OBS

The AIM-9J introduced the Sidewinder Expanded Acquisition Mode(SEAM), which slaved the seeker head of the missile to the curcraft's radar when in "dayfight" mode, which enable the AIM-9J seeker head to be uncaged, slewed toward a specific target by the aircraft radar, and made to track only that particular target before being launched.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

The Motorola AIM-9C [missile] was an early attempt to give Sidewinder all-weather performance by installing a semi-active radar seeker in place of the normal infra-red head and by adopting a new motor, thereby increasing the weapon's maximum range.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
OBS

Avec le Motorola AIM-9C, l'USN a essayé de conférer au Sidewinder une capacité tout-temps en remplaçant l'autodirecteur IR normal par un autodirecteur Motorola à radar semi-actif, et en l'équipant d'un nouveau moteur pour en augmenter la portée.

Spanish

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Record 4 1978-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

Although missile seeker usually refers to the infra-red tracking head on a missile, a search radar used to detect missiles is sometimes called a missile seeker.

OBS

Information obtained from DEW, and DEEM-4, NDHQ.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

veille anti-missile.

Spanish

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