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Originally Posted by Garry
Thank you Snipe. Good post. Can you give me a link where I can read a bit more from your friends experts? May be some forum thread?
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Now, i know some here may poke fun at this, but there's a lot of cluey people (ex and current combat pilots included) who play falcon 4, in which real-world tactics actually work.
The best easy to read description i've seen so far of BVR missile combat is this:
http://www.frugalsworld.com/modules/...?articleid=203
It does go into a bit of tactics as well.... the basic idea being to get high and fast (max burner) to maximise your missile's energy at launch, then "crank" once you have a missile in the air (turn so that the bandit is at your radar's gimbal limit) and brake so that you reduce closure as much as possible whilst still maintaining corner speed and radar lock, at least until your missile goes autonomous...
The fact that an F22 will perhaps be supercruising at mach 1.6 instead of mach 0.9 like a typical 4th/4.5 gen fighter is what will *really* help the AMRAAM's max (and also effective) range - in the acceleration/climbing phase, it will give the AMRAAM far more initial energy....