Originally Posted by
Auxtank
It was following an established SID (Parot 3G). Other earlier departing aircraft had followed very similar tracks.
So the question is; why didn't the missile system's IFF correctly interpret the ADB-S squawk as civilian as opposed to a potential hostile?
Sorry if a bl**dy silly question.
I'm not sure if it matters by the time the missile is tracking. I suspect IFF only comes into lock/launch.