No you don't. If you did, you'd know that the MICA IR seeker used a micro-cooler provided by Thales Cryogenics. From a French article (translation is mine):

Took them two  decades and they still screwed it up

for months, you idiot. I see where BW suddenly got his knowledge about WHY the MICA sensor or any A2A missile UR sensor needs a cryo-chiller from. From what rock did he recruit you under, fanboy?

 

ROTFLMAO

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Come in here and quote magazine brochires at me. 

 

Another PUNK.

 

Herald

 

Blue Apple :

Since we speak about the Mica 's seekers , the EM seeker is evolving . A new homing head is being worked on (the 4ANG) to able the missile to deal more easily with low RCS target and towed jammers .

 

"The improvements having been the subject of studies and former developments were integrated in a demonstrator of homing head 4ANG which was evaluated by the DCE, in digital simulation and hybrid with the CELAR and in-flight tests with the CEV with Cazaux. The technologies developed with this occasion made it possible to treat obsolescences and to reduce the production costs of series, in particular by the generalized use of components out of plastic case, while increasing the performances. The missiles Mica NT, Aster and Meteor will profit directly from these technological advancements. Since the drafting there is more than fifteen years of the general specifications of the first French anti-aircraft missiles with active electromagnetic guidance (primarily Mica and Aster), the operational context deeply evolved/moved with the vulgarizing of angular jamming (towed jammers, active lures?) and proliferation of targets of very weak RCS which includes, in addition to the cruise missiles and the drones, tactical ballistic missiles. These studies started with the improvement of angular discrimination to allow the continuation of a quiet target in the presence of dépointés jammers (towed jammers, co-operative jammers, jammers of escort, remote jammers of safety stand-off?). They gave place to the realization of a prototype of homing head called ANGEL (electromagnetic Homing head new generation). They continued with the exploitation of the progress made in the field of the transmitters and the numerical synthesis of frequency, giving access thus novel modes of operation (high-resolution outdistances, agility of frequency, intermediate frequency of recurrence?) offering significant performance profits. To develop these various studies, SPNuM entrusted at Thalès Airborne systems the realization of a demonstrator of anti-aircraft active homing head of new generation: 4ANG. This homing head has increased capacities of angular discrimination and distance thanks to the implementation of the new functionalities. These improvements could be applied to the programs Mica NT, SAMP-T, PAAMS and, later on, to the Meteor program."

Thalès is not sleeping .

Cheers .

Simple isn't it? Let me know when you catch on, punks.

 

 

Words without substance . Prove it .

 

Cheers .

You are called lying again . Where and when did you prove it ? Nowhere .

Where and what is your case ? Where are your proofs ? Any study or official article from Thalès ?

 

You got nothing clown .

 

Cheers .

 

 

Herald

 

 

Nope, the integrated cooling of the MICA IR works fine. And of course mechanics are delighted about not having to manage gas bottles anymore. 

 

If you want to talk about screw up, I believe the ASRAAM would be a more fitting topic (a modern IR AAM without TVC, no integrated cooling and an INS but no data link? WTF? Well, at least the seeker imaging is world class....).

 

 

Let's see: on the 23 March 2009 you claimed that:

 

"It means how long the gas flask is good before it has to be recharged before all the gas leaks out.Just how big a gas supply do you think the chiller can carry you buffoon? Of course the MICA could possibly use a primitive Peltier cooling unit, but that lasts only as long as the batteries hold out. That isn't very long either. By the way, we Americans, and some others use something called a Stirling cryo-engine, dummy, to cool our Sidewinders' seekers. Don't bother to google it. You'll find it, but you won't understand it at all."

 

Obviously the French understand it very well since the MICA IR entered service with a similar solution 3 years before the AIM-9X...

 

And obviously you did demonstrate your ignorance about the MICA seeker cooling by making that comment.

 

The missile update also doesn't work bewcauae they never fuxed the antenna.

Besides, the MICA IR seeker is mounted on a gimbal with a +/- 60° pointing range so unless the target is behind the missile the MICA IR seeker can always point directly on it.

 

Need to read what I wrote about the missile and quit claimimg that you know

 

Why would I spend time reading junk? Your repeated claim that IR & RF missile use different pursuit strategies is a complete fabrication. Anyone can google "proportional navigation" + missile and see for themselves that pretty much every missile has used that class of algorithm for the last 40 years.

 

BW:

 

So much higher energy out put ?? The F-22 TWR @50% fuel is 1.26 , Rafale TWR @50% fuel is 1.20 , this is comparable . It is the aerodynamics who make the difference and you know it Blue Apple . Yes the Rafale performs better in a turning dogfight than the F-22 .

A F-22 with 50% internal fuel is about the same as a Rafale loaded with full internal fuel...

 

I agree that the Rafale is probably better at conserving its energy (the Le Bourget demo is quite telling, with minimal airflow disruption even during >9g turns). But the F-22 can generate so much more energy it isn't even a close contest.

 

 

Well, a few km southwards and I would be.

 

Thalès is not sleeping .

Herald , the link you gave us is only showing you expressing your "opinion" and talking junk .

If it 's all you have , you indeed have nothing , case closed .

Since Blue Apple rightfully corrected you , I let it go ...

 

Blue Apple :