[babygene]

I understand how this could work part of the time, but wouldn't the plane then just see two targets and have to select one?

How would you keep the pilots from seeing the original target?

[Hunble]

How would you keep the pilots from seeing the original target?

The laser guided missile would simply target the brighter illuminated target.

Once the missile is released from the aircraft, the pilot or weapons officer could only watch.

Since I had full control of what target was illuminated, the missile went for the target which I had designated with the brighter laser.

Exactly how this was performed, is obviously classified.