Guns a GoGo and the Twilight War

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Originally Posted by kato13

You seem to be right Paul. I should have researched first. Clutter from ground heat seems to confuse the seeker. In "CotK" Clancy rectified that by having it be night and winter as well as having having the targets be heated and above ground. The scenarios where they would be useful would be few, but I still see commanders holding on to them.

Such a target might be good for a Stinger. In the book And Kill MiGs, Randy Cunningham related the story of how he nailed a North Vietnamese truck with a Sidewinder -- he was very surprised to get a tone, but since he was headed back out to his ship anyway and had no MiGs to shoot at, he decided to take the shot anyway. Sometimes weapons exceed their design parameters!