TPOD through the clouds

So I just visited Hoggit GAW server, and the setup was rain and the sky covered with clouds.

Went high, and to my surprise the targeting pod could't see the ground, meaning it didn't see through the clouds.

How can that be ? No IR tracker in tpod ?

Payload was jsow, no laser needed.

How do you arrive at the conclusion that infrared goes through clouds?

I don't know which wavelength band exactly these things work in, but to most of the infrared spectrum clouds are rather solid.

So I just visited Hoggit GAW server, and the setup was rain and the sky covered with clouds.

Went high, and to my surprise the targeting pod could't see the ground, meaning it didn't see through the clouds.

 

How can that be ? No IR tracker in tpod ?

Payload was jsow, no laser needed.

IR can't look thru clouds. Is anything else than radar capable of that? Litening doesn't have radar though.

That's the reason we have JDAMS. They use GPS to hit targets with great accuracy

The TGP cannot see through clouds. See above.

Laser guided bombs are great in good weather but laser being light cannot travel through a cloud.

Radar is only thing that can penetrate clouds, smoke etc.

Radar is only thing that can penetrate clouds, smoke etc.

True story.

RADAR can see through clouds because the wavelengths are much shorter than visible light. When we get the ground radar in the Hornet it will open up more tactical opportunities to employ weapons.

For those wondering why IR can't penetrate clouds, think about the thermal capacitance of water.

RADAR can see through clouds because the wavelengths are much shorter than visible light.

I'm nitpicking, but: longer, not shorter. At X-band frequencies (8-12GHz) the wavelength is 4-5 orders of magnitude longer than that of visible light (~350-750nm).

In fact, water is only really transparent to visible light. If this seems weird, remember that your eye balls are full of water.

Edit: Radars are way off the chart to the right (centimeters or even meters).

I'm nitpicking, but: longer, not shorter. At X-band frequencies (8-12GHz) the wavelength is 4-5 orders of magnitude longer than that of visible light (~350-750nm).

Nah you're wrong my statement is true.

True story.

 

RADAR can see through clouds because the wavelengths are much shorter than visible light. When we get the ground radar in the Hornet it will open up more tactical opportunities to employ weapons.

LONGER than visible light...

<--- Shorter Longer ----->

And actually Thermal imagers can "sort-of" see through clouds or fog, they can certainly see farther than the visible spectrum, however most cloud layers are too thick to see through.

Nah you're wrong my statement is true.

A SUBS17 protege eh...

In fact, water is only really transparent to visible light. If this seems weird, remember that your eye balls are full of water.

 

Edit: Radars are way off the chart to the right (centimeters or even meters).

 

That is true but we don't have a"Water TGP" given the context of what we are talking about.

Nah you're wrong my statement is true.

Which number is largest? 30 or 0,000350?

Which number is largest? 30 or 0,000350?

Define largest in the context of the numbers?

I have no idea why you have been triggered by my original statement and fact "RADAR can see through clouds because the wavelengths are much shorter than visible light"

:thumbup:

Have a great weekend gentlemen :)

I have no idea why you have been triggered by my original statement and fact "RADAR can see through clouds because the wavelengths are much shorter than visible light"

Because they are not shorter, they are longer, as has been pointed out. So while you’re correct that RADAR can see through cloud, you are incorrect in your statement that it’s because the wavelengths are shorter.

Because they are not shorter, they are longer, as has been pointed out. So while you’re correct that RADAR can see through cloud, you are incorrect in your statement that it’s because the wavelengths are shorter.

Some radars can see through clouds. I stand corrected. I was wrong.