Q........ specifically aimed for people who are interested in Millitary.
2006-09-01 02:45:36 · 5 answers · asked by ENOCH RUFUS 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
They use an infra-red sensor to home into the biggest heat source available. Heat shows up on infra-red, which is why it's also used for surveillance cameras sometimes. Information from the sensor is fed into a computer that controls the missile's guidance systems. They can be fooled by launching countermeasures such as flares.
2006-09-01 02:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think of automatic door openers at department stores
and super markets. Think of electric garage door openers
and electric car door lockers and unlockers.
Something sends light or electronic radiation and something else receives it and transforms it into mechanical energy(the unlocking or opening)
mechanism. In engineering when one form of energy is
transformed into another by a gadget, the gadget is
called a transducer.
In a hit seeking missile, the sending signal is the target
and the signal it's sending is infrared radiation(i.e., heat).
A transducer in the missile converts the signal to
mechanical energy by steering the missile.
2006-09-01 03:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by albert 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heat radiates infrared electromagnetic radiation same as light
detectors on the missile feed a computer that corrects course
2006-09-01 02:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Hoku S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never fart when they have a lock on you. The IR will home in on yourass.
2006-09-01 02:52:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Please refer to my previous Best Answer on an identical question.
2006-09-01 03:00:57 · answer #5 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋