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Originally Posted by avon1944
One Russian test pilot once said, it can have value in deceiving an AEW aircraft. By during the cobra in between radar sweeps, to do the cobra will foil the computer's prediction as to where the aircraft should be in the next sweep.
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That might be the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Well, maybe not EVER, but definitely this week.
Even in a WVR situation, the uses are extremely limited. The offensive aircraft would have be insanely close to fly past in that situation...and you'd be running a real risk of a mid-air.