| From: | Nathan Walker <NTWALKER@******.SUNYGENESEE.CC.NY.US> |
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| Subject: | Re: How to handle missiles? |
| Date: | Sat, 2 Sep 1995 08:27:53 -0400 |
>True for Air to air missiles but remember the A-A missile gets the advantage
>of starting with the speed of the launching platform and accelerating from
>there. But a missiles turning radius is MUCH smaller than any jets (except a
>harrier in hover, but then you could hit one of those with a paper airplane).
Obviously you've never been near a harrier hovering...they put out alot of
wind, you couldn't hit it with a paper airplane... :)
But seriously, Harriers can do VIF, Vectoring in Flight, which means that the
pilot can change the direction of the thrust even while flying, which means
he can pull a _really_ tight turn, which is why Harriers have an incredible
dogfight kill ratio. I don't remember what it is, but only like 5 have ever
been shot down.
*Warning: My stats could be the waist on the newest world supermodel, as I
sometimes get some of those numbers mixed up. :)
>>>>> Nate, the eternally confused
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