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From: Duke Diener <DukeDragon@***.COM>
Subject: Re: How to handle missiles?
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 20:01:55 -0400
Robert Watkins wrote:

>Aren't all radar-guided missiles proximity fused?

All air to air and surface to air missiles are prox fused. But air to
surface and surface to surface radar missiles are impact fused (don't want
that missile going off just cause if flew by a tree). Maybe by 205X the AI
in the missile is good enough for even surface targeted missiles to have prox
fuses.

Duke

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