Read all the posts and you'll get the picture:
"Radar lock on russian radar reduced to 0.85 of radar detection" later explained right here it was a typo by the devs, and it was in fact increased.
And no, i am no newbie, have played Flanker 2.51 for almost 1 year and avoiding missiles wasn't a big issue for me, let alone avoiding missiles in lo-mac. I can be unbeatable if i want to.
And yes, i do know tactics, been playing sims for too long.