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SH-60R/MH-60S Question

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Fly Navy

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Why are the IR suppression devices on the exhaust ducts of the MH-60S, but not the SH-60R? That doesn't make sense to me. Why not put them on both?
 
VetteMuscle427

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I'm looking at a pic of the MH-60R right now in the Naval Institutes June issue... there is an IR suppression system on it. Located behind the rotor in between the engine exhaust.
 
phrogdriver

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The disco ball is an IR jammer. It tries to fool a missile. A suppression system cools the exhaust so that an IR (heat-seeking) missile has less to see.
 
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One word.. weight. Block 1 bravos are allready on the heavy and they did not get rid of a whole lot of equipement on the romeos.
 
Fly Navy

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Well, I ask because I know they want to fit all sorts of neato stuff like forward firing machineguns, etc on the Romeo. Just seems strange.
 
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