Line-of-sight propagation is a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation which means waves can only travel in a direct visual...
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The line of sight, also known as visual axis or sightline (also sight line), is an imaginary line between a viewer/observer/spectator's eye(s) and a subject...
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Look up line of sight in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Line of sight (adjectival form line-of-sight) is the unobstructed line between an observer and...
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Predicted line of sight (PLOS) is a method of missile guidance. In PLOS, the operator tracks the target with the missile launcher's onboard sights for a short...
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Line of sight, sometimes written line-of-sight or abbreviated to LoS, is the visibility (that is, who can see what) on the playing field in wargames and...
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Missile guidance (redirect from Command line-of-sight)
missile. The two variants are Command to line-of-sight (CLOS) Command off line-of-sight (COLOS) Line-of-sight beam riding guidance (LOSBR) – The target...
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Line of Sight: Vietnam is a squad-based first-person shooter video game set in the Vietnam War. It was developed by American studio NFusion and published...
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Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles (redirect from Future Combat Systems Non-Line-of-Sight Mortar)
and the only one to be produced as a prototype, was the XM1203 non-line-of-sight cannon. Seven other vehicle variants were to follow. The MGV vehicles...
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Line of Sight (stylized as Tom Clancy Line of Sight, Tom Clancy: Line of Sight, or Tom Clancy’s Line of Sight in the United Kingdom) is a techno-thriller...
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In missile guidance, line of sight (LOS) is the line directly between the launcher/tacker and the target, which must be in view. If the target is moving...
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Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) radio propagation occurs outside of the typical line-of-sight (LOS) between the transmitter and receiver, such as in ground reflections...
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The XM1203 non-line-of-sight cannon (NLOS-C) was a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer. It was the lead vehicle for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems Manned...
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Semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) is a method of missile command guidance. In SACLOS, the operator must continually point a sighting device at the...
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aligns their line of sight past a gap at the center of the rear sight and towards the top edge of the front sight. When the shooter's line of sight, the iron...
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Radio propagation (redirect from Propagation of radio waves)
radio waves which travel in a straight line from the transmitting antenna to the receiving antenna. Line of sight transmission is used for medium-distance...
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Direct fire (redirect from Line-of-sight fire)
fire or line-of-sight fire refers to firing of a ranged weapon whose projectile is launched directly at a target within the line-of-sight of the user...
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Command guidance (redirect from Command off line of sight)
the line of sight between the launcher and the target (LOS), and any deviation of the missile from this line is corrected. Since so many types of missile...
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Manual command to line of sight (MCLOS or MACLOS) is a method for guiding guided missiles. With an MCLOS missile, the operator must track the missile...
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target. Sights can be a simple set or system of physical markers that serve as visual references for directly aligning the user's line of sight with the...
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fact that two vehicles are on a collision course when their direct line-of-sight does not change direction as the range closes. PN dictates that the...
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The non-line-of-sight launch system (NLOS-LS) was a self-contained missile launcher system that was under development by NETFIRES LLC, a partnership between...
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buildings due to materials and line of sight issues. Experience has shown that in dense office environments, line-of-sight propagation holds only for about...
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Theta* (section Line-of-sight algorithm)
Compared to A*, the parent of a node in Theta* does not have to be a neighbor of the node as long as there is a line-of-sight between the two nodes.[citation...
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NLAW (category Anti-tank guided missiles of Sweden)
(single-use) line of sight (LOS) missile system, designed for infantry use. The missile uses a soft-launch system and is guided by predicted line of sight (PLOS)...
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Anti-tank guided missile (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2025)
line-of-sight, or semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) missiles require an operator to only keep the sights on the target until impact. Automatic...
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Active galactic nucleus (redirect from Broad-line region)
that is oriented close to the line of sight. Relativistic effects amplify both the luminosity of the jet and the amplitude of variability. Radio galaxies...
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finite line-of-sight velocity projection. If different parts of the emitting body have different velocities (along the line of sight), the resulting line will...
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determines how far above and below the line of sight a projectile's trajectory may deviate. Other considerations include sight height and acceptable drop before...
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Parallax (section Weapon sights)
in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight and is measured by the angle or half-angle of inclination between those...
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Indirect fire (redirect from Fall of shot)
firing a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire. Aiming is performed by calculating...
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