That’s in reference to using the SAL mode, ie you need to 100% confirm what you are shooting at, things like a specific individual in a vehicle etc where legal restrictions prevent the use of FnF weapons. The same kind of restrictions were in place for things like ALARM, where legal would need to sign off on launches as once the missile is away its guiding on its own.
Launch angle =/= guidance angle, you need to demonstrate it exceeding that launch angle.
I find it funny how they seem to hate the eurofighter so much that they go out of there way to find stuff to nerf it and instead accidentally buff it 🤣
so is every man-in-the-loop capable Air-to-ground weapon if we follow your logic,
it says it is CAPABALE of man in the loop it never says it only uses it for mmW
Here an AI generated translation to french so you might understand it:
Donc, selon votre logique, toute arme air-sol capable d’intégrer un homme dans la boucle serait concernée ?
Le texte précise qu’elle est CAPABLE d’utiliser un opérateur humain (man in the loop ), il n’est jamais dit qu’elle le réserve exclusivement aux ondes millimétriques (mmW).
Bearing in mind that book is from 2006 when Brimstone had no Dual-Mode seeker with SAL for man-in the loop operation. Autonomous target discrimination with the MMW radar has been a feature of Brimstone since day one.
Software upgrades are made to expand the valid target set (such as adding FIAC targets in 2013) or limit them in accordance with operational planning and ROE. But as Gunjob said, the SAL mode was expressly added because of requirements in COIN operations for an ability to attack dynamic targets outside the programmed software such as personnel and structures, that legally mandated an option for man-in-the loop all the way to the target.