Why does the army have a Javelin missile simulator?
Consider the Javelin anti-armor missile launcher. It’s a portable antitank weapon — a soldier mounts the weapon on his or her shoulder, acquires a target and fires. The Army calls the Javelin a fire-and-forget missile. That’s because the missile has a sophisticated guidance system on it that will seek out the acquired target. The soldier can pull the trigger, look away and change positions before the enemy even knows it’s under attack. The interface for the Javelin system is the command launch unit (CLU). The CLU contains a sight and monitor system that allows the soldier to view targets at up to four times magnification during the day. Infrared cameras allow the soldier to operate the Javelin launcher in the dead of night and they provide up to nine times magnification. The CLU also has a computer system that soldiers use to define targets. Even without a missile
