Ternyata IRST yg Taiwan beli untuk F16 Viper sudah bisa guide AIM-120 C/D, artinya bisa kill J20 dari jarak 100km+.
Ngeri2 sedap juga bagi China.
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U.S. sensor systems will greatly boost Taiwan's air combat readiness: MND, experts - Focus Taiwan
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Thursday that a proposed arms package, comprising infrared search and track systems (IRST) for the country's fleet of F-16V aircraft, will vastly improve their long-range detection and target tracking, significantly boosting its air-to-air combat...focustaiwan.tw
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5 Reasons IRST21 Is Revolutionizing The Battlespace
As our military service women and men assess the growing threat in the Pacific, they require a capability that keep them safe in any battle environment.www.lockheedmartin.com
Yang paling menarik antara pod sudah terintegrasi satu sama lain, jadi battlespace picture dari multiple pod bisa digabung.
The datalink breakthrough that was demonstrated at Northern Edge essentially coupled a pair of Legion Pods together, on two different Air Force F-15C fighter jets, so that the range of any given target could be determined “near instantaneously,” according to Lockheed Martin.

Legion Infrared Search And Track Pods Can Now Carry Their Own Datalinks For More Lethal Targeting
A new datalink in the IRST pod not only boosts accuracy but could serve as a future communications pathway.

Kalau cuma mengandalkan satu IRST kayaknya jarak pandangnya bakal terpengaruh FoV nya yang narrow kalau di cue search.
It's true that IRST systems are not very good for volume search especially compared to modern radars vs. 4th gen jets. IRST systems tend to have 2 or 3 different fields of view (basically magnification) for different tasks. Wide FoV is used for volume search and navigation. Narrow FoV is used for cued (small volume) search, identification and single target tracking. Some targeting pods have more FoVs to select from and can have very narrow FoV for very long range targeting and tracking. Those narrow FoVs can be something like 3-8 degrees in most IRST systems and wide FoV is something like 10-20 degrees. Effective range and FoV is basically inversely proportional to each other. Meaning that 5 degree FoV has 3 times the range compared to 15 degree FoV.
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