Heat-seeking Sidewinder missile found in house at Modbury North

[RTFM]

A point of clarification... which always sticks in my craw...
The are heat FOLLOWING missiles - they DO NOT SEEK heat they just follow a designated source at launch... they just happen to be much much faster than the source.

In their little electronic boxes we assimilate as "brains" they have an IF:THAN statement.

IF it is at the heat source:NO - THAN continue to follow.
IF it is at the heat source:YES - THAN close a switch.... POOF

[jaybet]

Built for one thing...to bugger a jet right up it's tailpipe.

[BAC]

A point of clarification... which always sticks in my craw...
The are heat FOLLOWING missiles - they DO NOT SEEK heat they just follow a designated source at launch... they just happen to be much much faster than the source.

In their little electronic boxes we assimilate as "brains" they have an IF:THAN statement.

IF it is at the heat source:NO - THAN continue to follow.
IF it is at the heat source:YES - THAN close a switch.... POOF

Point of clarification - It's "If, then" not "If, than."   

[RTFM]

Point of clarification - It's "If, then" not "If, than."   

When you are talking about a noun (thing, person, place or concept (Sidewinder)) being more, less, better, cooler, dumber, closer etc. in relation to another noun (target Aircraft), the word than is necessary.

 When you want to give instructions in a step-by-step order, the word then is necessary.

[RTFM]

 

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[alfack]

There's no such thing as an if-than statement. You are describing the decision process (action/verb) of the missile alone, not its proximity or relational status to the target:

if locked on to IR source, then continue to follow until impact

if no impact after a set number of seconds, then self destruct

 

[BAC]

There's no such thing as an if-than statement. You are describing the decision process (action/verb) of the missile alone, not its proximity or relational status to the target:

if locked on to IR source, then continue to follow until impact

if no impact after a set number of seconds, then self destruct

 

Thank you!

[philw]

I will neither confirm or deny the exhistance of a desk lamp made from a Mk76 training bomb....

now that would be cool..

[jnevis]

now that would be cool..

I might be able to build another one.  We'll see in a few hours.

[philw]

I might be able to build another one.  We'll see in a few hours.

runs off to check if customs will let it in to Aust..