Good question. Google is full of reports, all quoting a 1997 US Air force training video without actually giving a source. I suspect its something of an early meme that may never have been intended to be taken seriously. If it was serious, I suspect its from a cruise missile such as the Tomahawk, or from a long range air to air missile with mid course guidance such as the Pheonix or AAMRAM. These type of missiles need to know where they are since they dont necesarally have a lock (Radar, visual, thermal etc) on their target at all flight points. Short range air to air missiles (At least in that era) such as Sidewinder and its equivalents generally didnt know where they were in an absolute sense, concentrating instead in arranging an intercept course with the moving target. I am not sure of the situation with lock-on-after-launch "Over the shoulder" type missiles, but at the very least they would need internal solid state gyros for the launch phase.
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Awesome!
Love it! That missile spiel -- from where it is from where it isn't and so on -- has gained some niche fame. Where did it originate?
Good question. Google is full of reports, all quoting a 1997 US Air force training video without actually giving a source. I suspect its something of an early meme that may never have been intended to be taken seriously. If it was serious, I suspect its from a cruise missile such as the Tomahawk, or from a long range air to air missile with mid course guidance such as the Pheonix or AAMRAM. These type of missiles need to know where they are since they dont necesarally have a lock (Radar, visual, thermal etc) on their target at all flight points. Short range air to air missiles (At least in that era) such as Sidewinder and its equivalents generally didnt know where they were in an absolute sense, concentrating instead in arranging an intercept course with the moving target. I am not sure of the situation with lock-on-after-launch "Over the shoulder" type missiles, but at the very least they would need internal solid state gyros for the launch phase.
Hi Ollie; I left a detailed message for you on Facebook Messenger, with regard to an older post here. Hope you can find it, and have a chance to look at it! Thanks, Jim Blanco