heat homing

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• homing guidance — i. A system in which devices built into a missile enable it to steer and keep on course toward a specific target by reacting to some distinguishing characteristic of the target, such as sound, heat, light, or radar reflectors. An infrared air to… …   Aviation dictionary

• heat-seeker — A sensitive IR (infrared) detector and homing guidance system that can detect and lock onto a heat source. Modern heat seekers can lock onto aerodynamic heating of the aircraft skin. A heat seeker is an integral part of IR missiles and infrared… …   Aviation dictionary

• Infrared homing — refers to a passive missile guidance system which uses the emission from a target of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared part of the spectrum to track it. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as heat seekers , since… …   Wikipedia

• AIM-9 Sidewinder — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=AIM 9 Sidewinder caption= origin= United States type=Short range air to air missile used by= manufacturer=Nammo Raytheon Company Ford Aerospace Loral Corp. unit cost=US$85,000 propellant= production… …   Wikipedia

• TD2N Gorgon — The Gorgon was an aerial ram or air to air missile powered by a turbojet engine and equipped with radio controls and a homing device. The Gorgon, developed by the U.S. during World War II, was later expanded into a broad program embracing… …   Wikipedia

• Gorgon (missile family) — A Gorgon missile on a P 61A test aircraft P …   Wikipedia

• AIM-9 Sidewinder — Allgemeine Angaben Typ: Luft Luft Lenkwaffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Air-to-air missile — An air to air missile (AAM) is a guided missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft. It is typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fuelled but sometimes liquid fuelled. Ramjet engines, as… …   Wikipedia

• Infrared — For other uses, see Infrared (disambiguation). An image of two people in mid infrared ( thermal ) light (false color) …   Wikipedia

• rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …   Universalium

• AGM-114 Hellfire — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=AGM 114 Hellfire caption=A model of a Hellfire s components origin=United States type=Air to surface and surface to surface missile used by= manufacturer=Lockheed Martin unit cost= propellant= production date=… …   Wikipedia