JR wrote in news:2am6eatokrnrogbn2or4cq4b83k93gkc0t@
4ax.com:

On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:43:26 -0800, "Bob (not my real pseudonym)"
wrote:


R2D2 is my copilot...?

That or a laser turret... what the heck is that...

with a little search...


Project Zabra, a steerable IR sensor to detect IR signatures of Soviet
aircraft.