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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by greedo on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @11:32AM (#31084509)
IRST can help, but it's like viewing the world through a straw. It works best when cued by other systems. I'm unaware of any telephoto systems in use since the F-14 was retired (obviously excluding the few airframes Iran might still be using).

Unaided pilot vision is unlikely to spot a target at 22 miles without some type of guidance.

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Re:The tank is dead: Long live the javelin, the switchblade,... by a_crc on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @11:46AM (#31084721)
True overall, (although don't discount the effect of a pair of binoculars in the cockpit) but in this case we're talking about intercepting a radar target for visual confirmation. If you have a radar track, by definition you would have the type of guidance you need to put other sensors on target.
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