Anonymous ID: 04512e June 12, 2018, 7 p.m. No.1722376   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>1722089

>Do missiles have signatures?

yes, if by signature you mean ways to tell one type missile from another. the way you have profile recognition for boats & planes.

you have:

how much visible light reflects from it (albedo)

how much and what frequencies of radar reflect from it.

speed of missile

exhaust spectra (light emitted by the burning rocket fuel) + possible additional elements added by ablation of the rocket nozzle

shape of exhaust plume

 

all of these factors can help determine what type of missile was fired.