I thought Tcs was on b and a only had irst?
It’s too early for that; the ?ALR-23?(don’t have confirmation of the designation, as it seems to share with the F-111’s IR rear quadrant MWS) would be the relevant system. And is known as the IRSTS.
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Every F-14 valiants had TCS after 1982 or 1983 but, earliest F-14A(like first cruise) had IRSTs instead.
This image is what I posted in wiki xD
D had the IRST
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I’m confused was the irst on b/d/a+ both a camera and irst or was the tcs and irst seperate systems
So 14d was the only one with both tcs and irst?
Also did the Iranian f14a have irst?
I would assume guiding in sparrows via irst would still trigger the cw warning on rwrs, but you wouldn’t get the symbol for f-14 on rwr right
yes you would
it is still an AWG-9 pointing at you
the radar is just steered by the IRST instead of the radar itself
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If the irst guiding the cw beam still warns of what’s locking you… what’s even the point of guiding in via irst, might as well use radar
the IRST dosent care about target aspect or chaff
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Yeah but the cw illuminators on the sparrows/phoenixes still do so it’s essentially useless
I’m confused, what does that have to do with someone just notching the missile itself instead of the cw beam of the f14? I think it’s talking about the beam of the awg9
why would a UK document talk about the AWG-9
ontop of that a document that goes highly into detail about the workings of the seeker of the missile itself, that can be used with multiple different radars