Originally Posted by
b1lanc
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Maybe Gums could chime in here, but we had heard rumors (maybe urban legend) that some of the early F-16 deployments in Germany with look-down did on occasion lock on to low flying Mercedes on the Autobahn. As a designer, how many would consider that possibility?..........
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No rumor. In the early f16 years, 81/82, it was easy to lock on to a speeding car in germany. And it was quite fun to fly to it, to make out the model. Later software changes changed the minimum speed for lock-ons and it was no longer possible.