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Eunometic wrote:
Hellfire, HOT, TOW, Swingfire, Trigat, Milan all manage quite well and they aren't even sea water cooled. I could be wrong, but I believe no versions of the Hellfire are wire guided; all versions home in on a laser spot provided by a designator. TOW, definitely that's what the "W" stands for. |
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Jim Carriere wrote in news:cp5i37$rhl$1
@news.chatlink.com: Eunometic wrote: Hellfire, HOT, TOW, Swingfire, Trigat, Milan all manage quite well and they aren't even sea water cooled. I could be wrong, but I believe no versions of the Hellfire are wire guided; all versions home in on a laser spot provided by a designator. TOW, definitely that's what the "W" stands for. That is correct - HELLFIRE does not use a trailing wire. TOW = Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided Dave in San Diego |
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"Jim Carriere" wrote in message ... Eunometic wrote: Hellfire, HOT, TOW, Swingfire, Trigat, Milan all manage quite well and they aren't even sea water cooled. I could be wrong, but I believe no versions of the Hellfire are wire guided; all versions home in on a laser spot provided by a designator. There are both laser and microwave radar seekers available but no wire guided versions. Keith |
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In message , Jim Carriere
writes Eunometic wrote: Hellfire, HOT, TOW, Swingfire, Trigat, Milan all manage quite well and they aren't even sea water cooled. I could be wrong, but I believe no versions of the Hellfire are wire guided; all versions home in on a laser spot provided by a designator. MR Trigat is a laser beam rider, no wire. LR Trigat is a fire-and-forget IIR weapon, similar concept to Javelin. -- He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar I:2 Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk |
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