NAWC CHINALAKE FLIR PRESENTATION

S-Band HRR: Land Images

Land Images 1-3

1. Good close up of a tank. (raw image)
   
2. Line of misc. tank/APC targets. (raw image)
   
3. Reasonably clear view of an APC in a somewhat cluttered environment. (raw image)

   Land Images 4-6

4. Misc tank/APC targets hidden in a tree line. (raw image)
   
5. Another view of the targets hidden in the tree line. Much of the clutter in front of the tree line is produced by ponds. This is a meadow environment. (raw image)
   
6. A closer view of a target obsvured by trees at the tree line. (raw image)

   Land Images 7-10

7. Low contrast image... The targets have not been running and thermal loading has not helped due to the time of day. (raw image)
   
8. A closer view of the low contrast targets. (raw image)
   
9. Solar loading starting to have an effect on the targets... and the surrounding area. (raw image)
   
10. Same targets still later in the day. (raw image)

    Land Images 11-13

11. Land target out in the open, engines running, yet still the clutter is strong. (raw image)
    
12. Target 11 is in the field of view, just further out, two other targets can be seen. Clutter is a real problem, even out in the open. (raw image)
    
13. Targets running and moving, still clutter is very strong. (raw image)

    Land Images 14-17

14. Land targets hidden in a town environment. (raw image)
    
15. Target array, engines running. (raw image)
    
16. Decoy. The decoy is actually a baloon. Not too different from what you would ride in, but teathered to the ground. They fill it with air using a blower (the air is not heated, it fills the baloon using pressure from the blower). Then to add realism, there are heating elements over the surface of the baloon corresponding with areas that get hot on an actual tank like the engine and the treads. The can vary the signature with amazing fidelity to make it look like a tank that has recently been moving, or just sitting, or whatever they need. It is nearly impossible to tell the decoy from an actual tank in an IR image. It actually looks more like a tank than a tank does. A real challenge! (raw image)
    
17. Closer view of 16. (raw image)

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