Tuomasn
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I'm looking for information on how radar and missile launch warning would be handled for hypersonic aircraft? For example the ISINGLASS survivability study shows a simple missile avoidance maneuver, but how does the pilot know he's been locked on / shot at in the first place? Since at hypersonic speeds the plasma surrounding the aircraft would presumably be blocking both radio and infrared wavelengths to at least some extent.
The USAF Mach 10 cruiser studies from the 1990s show IR sensors on the aircraft so I presume a launch warning sensor would be more likely than an RWR? Would the latter even be practical at all?
The USAF Mach 10 cruiser studies from the 1990s show IR sensors on the aircraft so I presume a launch warning sensor would be more likely than an RWR? Would the latter even be practical at all?
