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To: CholeraJoe
Yes, The F-102 as the F-101B/F and F-106A/B were equipped with an Infrared seeker device which could be tuned so sensitive as to track a lit cigarette from over 10,000 ft.
They F-102s'(during Operation Stovepipe) would go out at night and use their IR seekers finding enemy encampments at night sometimes using their rockets and IR homing missiles against them.
45 posted on 02/11/2004 12:21:17 PM PST by Defender2 (Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
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To: Defender2
What won't they think of next? I expect if the USAF had IR seekers that sensitive in Vietnam, that the ones they have now can track a mouse's body heat from Low Earth Orbit.
46 posted on 02/11/2004 12:26:10 PM PST by CholeraJoe ("Talk tough and build Star Wars." Ronald Reagan)
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