Glossary

Harrier T.4, a two seat Cold War era V/ STOL capable aircraft, intended for training pilots on the Harrier GR.3 aircraft.

Targeting pod, an accessory normally taking up an external hardpoint on an aircraft to provide imagery or data for target acquisition and designation.

Slang for the sound given by most IR guided missile systems. Early missile systems were not linked to any visual cue indications, so a sound was substituted to indicate a lock and strength of lock.

Track While Search, a radar tracking mechanism that builds “tracks” of contacts for missile guidance. Developed in the 1960s for the Apollo space program, the mechanism is one of the early ways of allowing radar systems to track multiple targets and guide missiles to those targets.