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Originally Posted by highsea
Good post, snipe. Spot on on every point.
People should be more concerned about NEZ than any theoretical max range, which is a completely useless number unless launch parameters are included for comparison.
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I'm just parroting what real experts have told me, but thanx bro.
It all makes sense when you think about it.
Anything that makes the missile go UP instead of DOWN or TURN instead of FLY STRAIGHT
is going to cut from the maximum theoretical range. Even engagement mode can dramatically affect range. Ie, a beam rider will have MUCH shorter range than the SAME EXACT MISSILE flying a high altitude 'loft' trajectory(a profile option utilized by Phoenix, AMRAAM, and all models of SM-2).
It's all about the kinematics.
LOL...