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Old 07-24-12, 09:10 AM   #15
TLAM Strike
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Okay, not just at night. It is about the infrared sights - not to be mistaken for the thermal sights or NVGs.
Yea as I recall in the 6 Days War the IDF spotted tanks with those sights using their NVGs when ever the Syrians turned them on.

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You can. By downing it first.

And there are some systems capable to do that, from Tunguskas to Gepards, plus many shoulder-launched missiles.
There was a Roland kill on an A-10 during OIF.
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