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How fighter jets lock on, and how the targets know...
VHF is now accurate enough for two-stage targeting. Basically you guide the missile close enough for its own radar/camera/ir sensor to lock on.
VHF is inherently too inaccurate for a lock either. It just scales with how big the radar is.
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VHF is inherently too inaccurate for a lock either. It just scales with how big the radar is.