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Old 06-06-07, 06:15 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
By the way - a drone is much different than a pilot who not only can see the threat, but also has a huge interest in self preservation! Any pilot well versed in missile avoidance could probably defeat an AIM-54 with decent success.

By the way, the MiG-25 in question had two AIM-54's fired at it. One at less than 20 nm, and the other at 40 nm when it was clear the first missed. They both ended up missing. THere was a second engagement that I remember, which also missed.

-S

PS. THe F-14's radar can engage 6 targets simultanously, and track 24.
AMRAAM's would have missed as well. IIRC the Foxbat was balls to the wall away from the Tomcats. Even modern long range missiles don't have that kind of endurance to keep up with a max e-pole target. And they learned that from the Iran Iraq War. See F-14 on RWR, go other way on burner.

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