I wonder how the Longbow has proven itself in service. Those promises of swatting targets at 5 miles like video gamers do it always seemed excessive.
Some word I got from US Army pilots is that the MMW can't tell a school bus from a T-80, and that the eyeball and visual systems are what allow launch. Failure of the IAF to buy the whole lot would tell us they found it less capable than Boeing brochures would indicate.
Any of you Apache guys in Britain able to help out?