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7/4/2025, 12:57:42 AM
>>23363596
>It would be hard for either side to achieve a reliable consistent lock-on with missiles.
It depends on the missile. "Stealth" is an anti-radar fuselage design and coating. The way to engage against such an adversary is not guns, but rather infrared homing missiles. The latest Sidewinders are designed with stealth in mind.
The supposed importance of guns basically dates back to the Vietnam War and the piss-poor performance of 60s-vintage missiles on the F-4. Nowadays, a gun in a modern-day fighter is close to a superstition from pilots: when was the last time there was an actual dogfight with guns? The latest example I can find record of is Eritrea/Ethiopia in 1999, and even that one is questionable.
https://www.dankalia.com/archive/2003/030117.htm
>It would be hard for either side to achieve a reliable consistent lock-on with missiles.
It depends on the missile. "Stealth" is an anti-radar fuselage design and coating. The way to engage against such an adversary is not guns, but rather infrared homing missiles. The latest Sidewinders are designed with stealth in mind.
The supposed importance of guns basically dates back to the Vietnam War and the piss-poor performance of 60s-vintage missiles on the F-4. Nowadays, a gun in a modern-day fighter is close to a superstition from pilots: when was the last time there was an actual dogfight with guns? The latest example I can find record of is Eritrea/Ethiopia in 1999, and even that one is questionable.
https://www.dankalia.com/archive/2003/030117.htm
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