• Question: How do you use the lasers on the aircraft.

    Asked by F'Sariah to Sarah, Connor on 15 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by Nikki0333, ChrismdTGS, Daisie21, freddie, Ryan and Ollie.
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      Sarah Beasley answered on 15 Jun 2015:

      Hi 🙂 Basically, if a missile is heading towards our aircraft the system can detect it and tell us what direction it’s coming from. The role of the laser is to fire into the missile’s seeker and basically overload it with energy. So it can’t see where it’s going and explodes far away from the aircraft instead of actually reaching it!

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