Well, if you're going to cheat and use radar..............................
I believe there is no such thing as cheating in combat. It reminds me of Sean Connery's famous line in "The Untouchables" where he made the point quite clearly that one shouldn't pitch up to a gunfight carrying only a knife. Further, the point was very firmly reinforced by the very next scene in the film.
I loved the Skyhawk. But let's remember what it was from the very beginning and throughout its long and successful service life. It was an attack platform, designed to carry bombs and drop them on things. It was never intended to be an air to air platform in modern radar saturated battle space.
Hey three wire! Selective stores jettison was not a unique A4 feature...
BTW, Spazsinbad is right. In RAN service the ESCAPAC did save everyone who used it, and I am certainly grateful for that...even if slightly shorter than I might otherwise have been
