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Originally Posted by The_Burning_Kid
Now tell me how would an AAM shoot down an SR-71. It doesn't need to actually outrun the missile, it just has to get out of range before being hit, which at Mach 3, it does well.
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There, finally you've learnt to think like a Buckaroo in a Mig!
Just like I've always said, a Foxbat pilot needn't outrun / outmanouver an AAM, he just has to get out of range before being hit, which at Mach 3, he does very well.
And thats precisley what all Foxbat pilots have done while eluding F-4s, F-16s, tangling with F-15s and downing an F-18. Stay out of the enemy's AAM range, then turn around for an Acrid shot. Also, no one said anything about an AAM taking down an SR-71, because it can't, same goes for a recee Mig-25R. While no SR-71s have been shot down as they never dared fly over Russia that had the required SAM technology to shoot them down. Thats probably the reason why they were retired.