You can also hear them, although normally only after they have passed over. Is there any anti-aircraft missile system that still relies on visual contact? The ROC used to be purely visual so if all radars are jammed or knocked out what is left these days?
Can lasers be used to detect aircraft like LIDAR pointed upwards? Or should I register that idea
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
It's all Radar and thermal signatures these days. Even ManPADs that start using the human eye rely on seeker heads and guidance to the target post launch.
Actually, whilst I've been typing this I've just remembered aircraft can be shot down using the human eye but the aircraft have to be Helicopters and the weapon needs to be an RPG!
An anti-aircraft missile system that still relys on visual contact? Yes its called a gun.
Since when was a gun a missile system? The only guns capable of taking out fixed wing aircraft reliably are not controlled by eye which I believe was the original point.
This order was predicted in 2012 by P Hammond when he accepted the first of three pre-production F35B ZM135 ( BK-1 ) and implied that the next order would be the SDSR2015 however they could be for the cheaper F35A's.
I believe the first order was for 48 F35B's for the QE & PoW Carriers so these 138 could be for the land based airfields ?
I doubt that they have borrowed the money yet to pay for them so with a least two governmental elections between order and delivery they may become a future saving ?
If the RAF is to get 138 (and its a big if in my opinion) where will they be based? If the Navy are to have 48 then I would say that they would logically be based at an airfield thats near to a Naval base. Now lets think about an airfield thats near to a Naval base, or at least in the same county, how about Leuchars!!
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