fire-and-forget missile

fire-and-forget missile

A missile that has an IR (infrared) or other self-guidance seeker and does not require aircraft to provide continued data about the target. Such a missile gets its initial data from aircraft and thereafter follows the target with help of its own seeker.
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RAM is a supersonic, quick reaction, fire-and-forget missile providing defense against anti-ship cruise missiles, helicopter and airborne threats, and hostile surface craft.
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The Raytheon Fim-92 Stinger fire-and-forget missile first entered service in 1982 as a shoulder-launched man-portable air defence system.
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The Javelin medium-range, anti-tank missile system is a one-man transportable and employable fire-and-forget missile system that permits a single infantryman to engage any armored vehicle at ranges up to 2.5 kilometers.
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The baseline Gill, now renamed Spike-MR, is a 2500 metre fire-and-forget missile, using a CCD/IIR dual-mode auto-tracking system.
Ground-based missiles: the Euromissile Milan series entered service in 1974 and shortly after saw active use in Lebanon in 1996. The Milan is probably still the most popular man-portable anti-tank missile in the world and its concept has been applied to many others, amongst which are more notably the Swedes and the Russians. (Complete Guide)
The principal competitor to MBT Law in Britain was a derivative of the Lockheed Martin Predator, an inertially guided, top attack, fire-and-forget missile with an EFP warhead and jet reaction controls.
Shoulder-launched guided: while shoulder launched, bazooka-like weapons have been in use for over half a century, the novelty is to make these guided, as indeed tanks and now even wheeled armoured vehicles have the ability to move crosscountry at quite high speeds. (Complete Guide)
Numerous infantry anti-tank fire-and-forget missile systems, such as the Gill/Spike and the Javelin, are already in service and the concept is already commonplace with many air defence missile systems.
Now thrive the armourers -- armament developments: many argue that the true power of the armoured fighting vehicle rests with its main armament, be it gun or missile. Guided missiles are increasingly becoming `wooden rounds' that fall with the `fire-and-forget' bracket. For them, most of the old guided missile shortcomings no longer apply and they can even be fired while on the move. (Complete Guide)
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