{"id":668,"date":"2009-09-24T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T13:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2009-09-24T21:34:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T13:34:05","slug":"aerial-tow-targets-at-tadte-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Tow Targets at TADTE 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/target_1.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>CSIST also showcased its new aerial tow targets at this year&#8217;s TADTE.  Unfortunately I forgot to take the brochure, which can be seen in the above photo, and so I do not know their designations nor have the specs.  Anyway, although their nose sections look almost identical, their tails imply that they are a radar target (left in the picture below) and an infra-red radar-augmented target (right), respectively. <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/target_2.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>This reminds me of the RTT-9 radar target used on AIDC&#8217;s single Astra SPX (now called Gulfstream G100).  The standard RTT-9 (pictured below) is constructed of glass reinforced plastic.  Corner reflectors in the nose and\/or tail provide passive radar augmentation.  The RTT-9 can be converted into an infrared radar-augmented target by fitting the SMU-114 burner kit.  Fitting a 600,000-candlepower nose-mounted lamp converts the standard RTT-9 into a light-augmented target to be used with weapon systems without radar or IR aiming capabilities.  I am not sure if CSIST&#8217;s tow target is as versatile as the RTT-9.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/target_3.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AIDC also has the TDK-39 aerial gunnery target in its inventory.  The TDK-39 target consists of a forebody constructed of aluminum and a string-sleeve visual augmenter.  When the visual augmenter is fully deployed, the target measures 42 ft in length, enabling visual acquisition at a distance of 3 km.  The Doppler radar scoring sensor in the forebody detects projectiles passing through the conical scoring zone and real-time score information is transmitted via antennae on the tail to the towing aircraft.  A release mechanism releases the visual augmenter on commands at the end of the mission.  It is not known if CSIST has also developed a gunnery target.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/target_4.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In the next photo (courtesy of AIDC), the A-3 0901 is seen carrying a standard RTT-9 tow target on the RM-30B reeling machine\/launcher under the port wing.  Under the starboard wing is a 150-gallon external tank.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/target_5.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>This is my last post on the subject of TADTE 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSIST also showcased its new aerial tow targets at this year&#8217;s TADTE. Unfortunately I forgot to take the brochure, which can be seen in the above photo, and so I do not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[188,129,184,191,189,190],"class_list":["post-668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-info","tag-aerial-tow-target","tag-aidc","tag-csist","tag-rm-30b","tag-rtt-9","tag-tdk-39"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taiwanairpower.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}