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Re:China says it has hypersonic missiles with heat-seeking t... by aurizon on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:23PM (#29761714)
Reads strange. Hypersonic = 3500 MPH, low altitude = heat from high drag and also lowers endurance of flight time. A front facing window of IR transparent stuff, will soon get too hot and it's emitted IR will overload the sensors. It must front face = that is where it is going. They might have snap open/close windows that the sensor looks through for 1-5 ms while open so the cooled sensor can see the target. Repeated 1-5 ms snapshots are used for targeting - must be close, target drift is fast at 3500 MPH, snap you have passed it...
Re:China says it has hypersonic missiles with heat-seeking t... by LargoLasskhyfv on Saturday January 01, 2022 @08:13PM (#29764703)
There is Ultraviolet, EM, maybe one could even use the plasma itself as an antenna/sensor...