Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (33347)	6/29/2002 5:57:16 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi Hawkmoon; Re: "You know darn well I'm not implying that. What I did state was that FROM THE GROUND (where the rocket will be fired from), a low flying bird has a larger "visual signature" than does a high flying commercial airliner." (1) Don't shoot when there's a flock of birds between you and the target. (2) Or make the first few hundred feet of travel ballistic. (3) Or don't launch until you've acquired lock. Re: "A guy standing next to the rocket shooter smoking a cigarette will create more relative heat (from the sensor's perspective) than a commercial airliner HIGH FLYING airliner." (1) Don't point your infrared sensors at the ground. Instead, point them at the place where you're flying to. A typical field of view in an antiaircraft missile system would be 15 degrees. That would exclude "a guy standing next to the rocket shooter smoking a cigarette". -- Carl