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To: Sabretooth
Heat seeking is more of a thermal sensing tech. Infra-red is just a color of light not visible to the naked eye.

Right, but the stats claim that the missile seeker is "heat-seeking" but not "infrared." What else would a heat-seeking missile seek?

53 posted on 08/12/2003 2:22:14 PM PDT by RoughDobermann (There is no spoon)
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To: RoughDobermann
Maybe yhey are referring to the optics?

beats me.
57 posted on 08/12/2003 2:24:19 PM PDT by Sabretooth (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: RoughDobermann
Iglas are pretty popular apparently. Here's an excerpt from this link:

Reports that Russia has been selling arms to Iraq have surfaced repeatedly in recent months. On 23 February, "The Sacramento Bee" reported that Russian-made S-300P missiles had been sold by a Russian-Belarusian company (see "RFE/RL Organized Crime and Terrorism Watch," 13 March 2003). On 8 February, the "Financial Times" reported that Russian suppliers had attempted to sell Igla surface-to-air missiles "where the ultimate destination of Iraq was concealed by using 'cover' purchasers in neighboring countries such as Syria."

61 posted on 08/12/2003 2:26:00 PM PDT by mewzilla
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