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    Question: when lazer guided missiles fly through the air is the lazer hot so the missiles heat array can follow the lazer

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    Asked by lucapops to Ian, Frank on 18 Mar 2015.
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      Ian Sandal answered on 18 Mar 2015:


      The laser acts as a guide to help get the missile to the target, it doesn’t help the missile fly as such. A laser is shone from the missile to see what is infront of it, a bit like a tourch. A computer then processes the information from the laser to plot the course.

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