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For one thing, the former Soviet Union, as well as the United States, is known to have satellite look-down capacity focused on trouble spots.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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Today the fight has moved beyond visual range, into the realm of electromagnetic waves*, and involves what fighter pilots call “look-down, shoot-down” capability.
The Last Ace 2009
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Today the fight has moved beyond visual range, into the realm of electromagnetic waves*, and involves what fighter pilots call “look-down, shoot-down” capability.
The Last Ace 2009
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If anything, the pace of innovation is even faster in the military than in the civilian world, and as better look-down, shoot-down capabilities have come on line, they have been systematically layered and squeezed into the aging airframe of the F‑15.
The Last Ace 2009
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If anything, the pace of innovation is even faster in the military than in the civilian world, and as better look-down, shoot-down capabilities have come on line, they have been systematically layered and squeezed into the aging airframe of the F‑15.
The Last Ace 2009
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For one thing, the former Soviet Union, as well as the United States, is known to have satellite look-down capacity focused on trouble spots.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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The boots of the guy on the left are also shiny leather, long a big military no-no in this day of look-down surveillance, where they are very visible in the IR.
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Others have a "look-down/shoot down" capability -- they carry weapons for use on ground targets they find.
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MILES O'BRIEN: A security look-down today in Jordan after the deadliest terrorist bombings ever in that country.
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Well, if they're in evidence to the reporters, they are definitely in evidence and able to be targeted by the A-10s, by other look-down capability.
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