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minutes. they can acquire a target at about 20 miles. what they seuss a ground-based radar that acquires a target. you lock on to it on the ground and then that radar sends information to the missile as it s flying through the air to continue to track the target and kill the seeker head picks up on the target on its own and then hits the aircraft. can it pick up a secondary flight? is that what occurred right here? does that happen through that radar? just from my own experience, and i did carry a missile that was a much smaller version, a semi active missile on board an f-18, i think it s unlikely that it was basically pick up another target mid flight. i think it s more likely that unsophisticated user or an undisciplined user would actually lock on to an aircraft that was an airliner without really going through any sort of rules of engagement, which we use to make sure you are locked on to the correct target. and something that actually is a foe. when you were flying f-18s,
but when you look at some of the things that are available today, you re not going to be defeating radar missiles, ones that took down malaysian 17. but you can defeat infrared guided man pads that have proliferated into the hands of terrorists. those systems cost less than the entertainment system on the aircraft. so jenna: what exactly would that do? if i was on a plane, what would that look like to me or what would that look like to the pilot that isn t there today? it would be totally transparent, to the passengers. what you have are laser-based systems that pick up the missile plume. then what they do, they focus the laser on the seeker head of the shoulder-fired sam, and it makes it go stupid and dive into the dirt. so, you wouldn t, it is not like you re throwing out flares or anything that would be visible to anyone on the ground. it is a system that operates