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Old 20th May 2011, 20:38
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Geehovah
 
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Having done a lot of affil in the Falklands, helos are a difficult target. The slow speed makes it difficult for a PD equipped fighter to lock to the target. A stationary helo is the same as a car so radar designers spend much effort designing that particular problem out of a radar. Slow speed targets are tricky for any weapon which uses speed as a discriminator.

The easiest way to engage may in fact be a strafe pass.

Suffice to sat that helo pilots need to know how to evade a fighter. Fighter pilots need to know how best to engage a helo. With modern ops, that's good training.
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