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From my related questionmy related question, it seems fighter jets do not usually track missiles by radar. Instead, they have a system that warns of radar lock.

So what about infrared missiles (heat-seeking missiles)? Flares are a countermeasure to these, so how does the jet know when one is incoming?

I would be pretty surprised if such a system didn't exist. I want to know more about that system and when it was first implemented.

From my related question, it seems fighter jets do not usually track missiles by radar. Instead, they have a system that warns of radar lock.

So what about infrared missiles (heat-seeking missiles)? Flares are a countermeasure to these, so how does the jet know when one is incoming?

I would be pretty surprised if such a system didn't exist. I want to know more about that system and when it was first implemented.

From my related question, it seems fighter jets do not usually track missiles by radar. Instead, they have a system that warns of radar lock.

So what about infrared missiles (heat-seeking missiles)? Flares are a countermeasure to these, so how does the jet know when one is incoming?

I would be pretty surprised if such a system didn't exist. I want to know more about that system and when it was first implemented.

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How do combat jets know when to launch flares to counter IR missiles?

From my related question, it seems fighter jets do not usually track missiles by radar. Instead, they have a system that warns of radar lock.

So what about infrared missiles (heat-seeking missiles)? Flares are a countermeasure to these, so how does the jet know when one is incoming?

I would be pretty surprised if such a system didn't exist. I want to know more about that system and when it was first implemented.