Heat-Seeking is a technology for automatic targeting of missiles. It is inferior to the friend or foe system. Heat-seeking missiles (generally abbreviated as HS) cannot distinguish between enemies and friendlies. They fly in the direction they have been shot and look for the closest heat source to become their target, usually a ship's engine. If the target outmaneuvres the missile, the missile looks for the next heat source to fly to. Outmaneuvering a HS missile and making it lock to the attacker's ship is considered a dogfighting masterpiece.
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| - Heat-Seeking is a technology for automatic targeting of missiles. It is inferior to the friend or foe system. Heat-seeking missiles (generally abbreviated as HS) cannot distinguish between enemies and friendlies. They fly in the direction they have been shot and look for the closest heat source to become their target, usually a ship's engine. If the target outmaneuvres the missile, the missile looks for the next heat source to fly to. Outmaneuvering a HS missile and making it lock to the attacker's ship is considered a dogfighting masterpiece.
- A Heat-Seeking Missile seeks the heat generated by the engines of a spaceship. To be effective, it requires the pilot to be on an enemy's tail. Such missiles need to lock before fired. If the target shakes a heat seeker, the missile locks onto the nearest heat source. Kilrathi ships that sport the missile are the Jalthi, Gratha, Krant, Dralthi. AIM-15 "Javelin" HS is a rear-aspect infrared homing missile used by Terran Confederation fighters such as Hornets, Scimitars and Raptors, as well as capital ships like Venture-class.
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| - Heat-Seeking is a technology for automatic targeting of missiles. It is inferior to the friend or foe system. Heat-seeking missiles (generally abbreviated as HS) cannot distinguish between enemies and friendlies. They fly in the direction they have been shot and look for the closest heat source to become their target, usually a ship's engine. If the target outmaneuvres the missile, the missile looks for the next heat source to fly to. Outmaneuvering a HS missile and making it lock to the attacker's ship is considered a dogfighting masterpiece.
- A Heat-Seeking Missile seeks the heat generated by the engines of a spaceship. To be effective, it requires the pilot to be on an enemy's tail. Such missiles need to lock before fired. If the target shakes a heat seeker, the missile locks onto the nearest heat source. Kilrathi ships that sport the missile are the Jalthi, Gratha, Krant, Dralthi. AIM-15 "Javelin" HS is a rear-aspect infrared homing missile used by Terran Confederation fighters such as Hornets, Scimitars and Raptors, as well as capital ships like Venture-class. The Claw Marks manual mentions Pilum FF and Spiculum IR by name, whereas in the entries of the above ships it gives only a generic "Heat-Seeking Missile(s)" without specifying the Javelin by name. The specification is given in the blueprints of the game package. It tracks the target's heat signature and, as such, cannot lock onto anything but a target's engines and can be evaded simply by turning 90 degrees.
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