[sci.military] Bill is not a laser beam rider!

ESVENSSON%brage.qz.se@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (Erik Svensson) (09/24/90)

From: Erik Svensson <ESVENSSON%brage.qz.se@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU>
>Bill rides a laser beam. Reflected beams can be picked up by sensors for
> warning purposes (ie: "Pop smoke when being illuminated).

I have missed most of the debate but if this Bill is the swedish anti-tank
missile, then I can with surety state that Bill is NOT a laser beam-rider.
It is a SACLOS (semi-automatic command to line-of-sight) missile.
I can state this because I was a member of a project concerning Bill and
future upgrades.

Erik Svensson
Guided Weapons Division
National Defense Research Establishment
Stockholm, Sweden

net.address: esvensson@brage.qz.se