Tartare - Most MWS I've used/evaluated had an audio tone to cue the crew to deploy manual countermeasures. Given the short time of flight, most MWS can be connected directly to the CMDS for an auto dispense. However no MWS is 100% effective, and in this case it either didn't declare (in auto), declared too late (in manual), was turned off (or the volume turned down), was unserviceable or simply not fitted (DAS is expensive - lots of aircraft are 'fitted for, not with' to save money). A lot depends on the J2 picture and RoE/TTPs - the crew may have been relying on the ALQ-144 that Wiki says the Turkish AH-1s are fitted with to avoid dispensing flares.
Last edited by Evalu8ter; 18th May 2016 at 07:00.
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