Editing Infrared homing (section)

===Imaging systems===
Modern heat-seeking missiles use [[imaging infrared]] (IIR), where the IR/UV sensor is a [[focal plane array]] which is able to produce an image in infra-red, much like the [[charge-coupled device]] (CCD) in a digital camera. This requires much more signal processing but can be much more accurate and harder to fool with decoys. In addition to being more flare-resistant, newer seekers are also less likely to be fooled into locking onto the sun, another common trick for avoiding heat-seeking missiles. By using the advanced image processing techniques, the target shape can be used to find its most vulnerable part toward which the missile is then steered.{{sfn|Deuerle|2003|pp=2407-2408}} All western short-range air-to-air missiles such as the [[AIM-9X Sidewinder]] and [[ASRAAM]] use imaging infrared seekers, as well as the Chinese [[PL-10]] SRAAM, Taiwanese [[Sky Sword I|TC-1]], Israeli [[Python-5]] and Russian [[R-73 (missile)#Variants|R-74M/M2]].