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Old November 11th, 2017, 06:15 PM
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Post Re: Will China and Russia Make U.S. F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters Obsolete?

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Originally Posted by Mobhack View Post
And the Javelin ATGM is what, precisely?
The Javelin is the primary infantry ATGM in use by the US Army and Marines. It is a lethal weapon, indeed. With regards to guidance systems, it is an imaging IR guided missile. As such, it too is susceptible to high illuminating white light when directed at the missile.

In general, the counter-measure is an attack on the missiles recticle-scan seekers to degrade the image processing homing system.

The Canadians have an interesting stduy from 2007, "Preliminary study of defensive aids suite technology for the armour combat vehicle programme."



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