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Okay, so let's say we have a fighter with a proper airborne-intercept radar, not just a ranging set for a gyro gunsight, and the radar is locked onto the target. AI.23 on a Lightning F.2, for argument's sake, or AI.18 on a Sea Vixen. The radar set is transmitting energy and receiving echoes that provide directional information regarding the target. Why can't a SARH missile work with that? Why does it need a special illuminator set, and what's so different about the signal the illuminator puts out?