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Requirements for and capabilities of CO2 laser radar wire detection systems for NOE helicopter flight

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Abstract

Future tactical warfare doctrine will require Army helicopters to operate at very low altitudes, in the nap-of-the-earth (NOE) mode, to take advantage of masking from trees and terrain. In NOE flight, wires and wirelike objects are a severe threat to flight safety. In the five years from 1975 to 1980, NATO helicopters suffered wire strikes resulting in severe damage to 226 aircraft (4/month) with 56 fatalities (1/month).

© 1981 Optical Society of America

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