Infrared homing
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infrared-homing-184-1384690
title:
Infrared homing
text:
Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers" since infrared is radiated strongly by hot bodies. Many objects such as people, vehicle engines and aircraft generate and emit heat and so are especially visible in the infrared wavelengths of light compared to objects in the background. Infrared seekers are passive devices, whi
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encyclopedia
description:
Weapon guidance system utilizing the target's infrared emissions to track it
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared_homing
date created:
2005-01-14T21:03:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T01:30:18Z
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