>>62251414>Any modern dog fight would consist of acquiring a lock from beyond the horizon, firing, then going about your business.>people actually believe thisECM technology develops faster than missile guidance technology
FLIR, for example, now sees missiles incoming beyond even the best onboard radar's ability to detect a fighter. Missiles are very hot and show up as a characteristic blob of heat. It's then not much of a trick to jam, confuse, or blind their sensors.
Which sucks for us because our fighter design doctrine for the last 30 years has been fighters as high-speed missile delivery systems with maneuverability a distant second, which is exactly the same mistake we were making before Vietnam.
I suspect
>>62253478is absolutely right, and unfortunately for us we build big missile carriers that can't turn.
