美空军空战中心于1989年就开始验证确定现有导弹告警系统(MWS)有否能够在战术战斗机的高速、大动态环境中提供足够的全向导弹告警。从第二次世界大战至今,对战斗机的损失研究表明,在被击落的飞机中约有70％的驾驶员根本就不知道自身处于被攻击之中。近年来,由于有了全方位和低烟雾的红外导弹而使探测问题变得更为严重。在沙漠风暴行动中,美空军损失的飞机和损伤的作战飞机中有一半以上是由红外导弹引起的。这种事件表明,飞机驾驶员需要援助以探测威胁。MWS就能提供这种援助。 The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Center began validation in 1989 to determine whether existing missile warning systems (MWS) were capable of providing sufficient omni-missile warning in the high-speed, large dynamic environment of tactical fighters. From the Second World War to the present, studies on the loss of fighter jets show that about 70% of the pilots shot down did not even know they were being attacked. In recent years, the problem of detection has become more serious due to omni-directional and low-smoke infrared missiles. In Desert Storm operations, more than half of the airplanes and damaged combat aircraft lost by the U.S. Air Force were caused by infrared missiles. This incident shows that aircraft pilots need assistance to detect the threat. MWS can provide this assistance.