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...Israeli attacking force, more than 90 strong, featured U.S.-built F-15s and F-16s, two of the finest fighters in the world, flying electronic marvels. Both planes are equipped with a system called "head-up display," or HUD; projected on the pilot's windshield, in phosphorescent green and orange, is a mass of essential data. An F-15 pilot flashing over the Bekaa could have watched the plotted positions of four separate enemy aircraft and also have been alerted by a flashing light and beeping in his headset if an SA-6 radar locked...
When stalking Syrian fighters, an F-16 pilot, again using the HUD windshield images, had only to position a computer-generated "tracerline" over the MiG and fire his machine-cannon for one second; 100 20-mm rounds would have streaked toward the enemy jet. However, many of the downed MiGs were apparently hit by the latest model of the Sidewinder missile, which is being used effectively by British Sea Harriers in the Falkland Islands. The weapon adjusts its aim in flight with an extremely sensitive infrared homing system that guides the warhead toward the enemy jet at 1,650 m.p.h...
Once he gets an enemy plane in front of him, a Harrier pilot can rely on sophisticated electronics to make his kill. The forward-and down-looking "Blue Fox" radar spots the target at distances of up to 40 miles. A TV-like display screen on the windshield flashes the computerized tracking data that tell the pilot when to fire. Since the latest version of the Sidewinder missile carried by the Sea Harrier has what the experts call a wide-angle "boresight," the pilot only has to aim in the general direction of his target-within 40 degrees-and press...
...bomb shattered on the windshield without exploding, spraying the policemen with glass fragments and gasoline, but Ngo was uninjured. Police arrested Chau before he could throw a second bomb...
Research into voice-recognition machines is particularly active in Japan. Nissan Motor Co. last October unveiled its model of a car for the handicapped that uses voice recognition to adjust the driver's seat and outside rear-view mirror, as well as to turn on the windshield wipers, lights and radio. A group of scientists at Tokyo University has developed a machine that allows an immobilized patient to change the position of his bed and order food and drink from a robot nurse...