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Old 28th Nov 2005, 18:30
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raytofclimb
 
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If you're thinking of current missiles then they obviously each has pros and cons. For radar guided stuff i.e Skyflash/AMRAAM then you've got to find the target on the host radar first. Defeat that, and you win by keeping the rocket on the rails. If you happen to be sufficiently hotter than the background outside of min range then you could expect to soak up a 9L or ASRAAM

There's always the aptly named "disruptive overflight" technique but I'd bet a turbo prop could turn inside a FJ if they survived the merge. How's about this?:

http://www.embraer.com/english/conte...per_tucano.asp

Surely someone with a cray super computer and microsoft flight sim can tell us?

Ray
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