Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Practice Test

An ATFLIR detects thermal radiation in specific infrared bands (mid- to long-wave). An IR Pointer is a near-infrared laser that typically emits outside those bands, so its energy isn’t within the ATFLIR’s spectral sensitivity. Because the pod isn’t sensitive to that wavelength, the IR pointer won’t appear in the ATFLIR imagery, regardless of range or mode. Only if the pointer emitted within the sensor’s detected wavelengths would you see it, which isn’t the case for standard IR pointers. Hence the statement is false.