Iris-T takes down meteor. (Digest).October 2002 saw the BGT BGT Busch Gardens Tampa BGT Britain's Got Talent (TV show) BGT Branch If Greater Than BGT Bodenseewerk Geraetetechnik GmbH (German defense company) BGT Be Glad To BGT Backpack Gear Test Iris-T test firing campaign go out with a bang when the missile scored a direct hit on a Meteor Mirach 100/5 target drone flying at high subsonic sub·son·ic adj. 1. Of less than audible frequency. 2. Having a speed less than that of sound in a designated medium. subsonic Adjective speed. Although the drone was pulling maximum Gs and applying infrared countermeasures This article is about missile counter measures. For IRCMonitor, see Wikipedia:IRCMonitor. Infrared countermeasures (IRCM) are devices designed to protect aircraft from infrared homing ("heat seeking") missiles by confusing the missiles' infrared the Iris-T, fired from a German F-4, locked on and destroyed its target. The battery of tests included launches made from very high off-bore sight angles, under different G-loads and included look down-shoot down engagements. Early 2003 will see a final government test firing campaign called the PTR PTR Pointer (as used in DNS records; an address points to a name) PTR Partner PTR Painter PTR Proton Transfer Reaction PTR Pupil/Teacher Ratio PTR Public Test Realm (gaming, World of Warcraft) (Performance Test Round), the completion of which will signal the finalisation of BGT's Iris T development phase. Series production is expected to begin in 2003 with deliveries by the end of 2004. (BGT) |
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