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They do not miss both Patriot and the S300 are very similar missiles. They are of a generation that does not miss.

There is also two types of FLY BY WIRE for the SUPERHORNET. The first version is F/A-18 FLY BY WIRE while the latest version has a new CUSTOMIZED FLY BY WIRE with unique SUB-MODES.

MIM-23C and all variants of the Patriot are AESA Guidance so they would never miss! Russia also has AESA Radars on missiles like the S300.

Nice helicopter it has some interesting equipment attached to it.

Very cool Metallica Music with the Drones. Excellent Formation flying.

Interesting use of a C130.

You will not get any further information in more detail because the rest would be secret but it is a complex missile. You can assume what you like but it does not change your circumstances.

There were IC Chips in the early days and the names mentioned did not invent them. The CIRCUITRY for the SEEKER is not compatible with a VACUUM TUBE! The IC CHIPS are required as a missiles circuit is quite large and it is not possible to create an infra red guided missile without them. IC CHIPS and SOLID STATE CIRCUITRY are a complex topic. Their CREATION is COMPLEX and involves PARTICLE CONDUCTIVITY! Making a missile see something is what it is all about and then being able to guide itself efficiently to the target and hit it. It is a COMPLEX type of ROCKET an AIM9 or R60 it involves an earlier form of MISSILE GUIDANCE. They also need to know where the ground is as GRAVITY is part of the CALCULATION of the INTERCEPT. So there are Sensors in the missile itself to know the AIRSPEED, ALTITUDE and AoA. Air pressure is also a part of the equation of the rockets flight. The SUB CIRCUITS in that diagram are INCOMPLETE and those CIRCUITS would be SOILD STATE with some MICROPROCESSOR's to run it. The latest missiles can hit targets OFF BORESIGHT like the Aim 9X and R73. That uses something else in order to see the aircraft outside the missiles Sensor zone.

Tubes? There would not be valves in a missile because they do not function under vibration. The missile would be the size of a truck and probably still not work if valves were involved.

They all feature Solid State Circuitry as it requires a lot of processes in order for the Missile to go after a target. With Solid State Circuitry it includes IC CHIPS and CPU's, MICROPROCESSORS. If you were to look at the insides of a missile it would have those Circuits even the earlier missiles. Other wise the Missile would not work at all as it requires CPU's in order to calculate its trajectory and go after the target. You cannot accomplish the same with simple Circuitry because of the types of Sensors involved. Everything has to be smaller and lighter for the missile to be practical on the aircraft.

The AIM 9 does not have spatial filtering. For Air to Ground a Missile requires more than filters to actually hit a ground target. For vehicles it would need something better like an AGM65 Seeker. The AGM65D has very good SEEKER for hitting Ground Targets.

Does a real missile detect the Sun? I hear these stories that you are bringing up but there is no hard evidence of a Missile detecting the Sun on a real aircraft on a sunny day. Why would it not detect the Suns heat Source? It is assumed the Sun is a heat source but it is more Complex than that with Missiles and Targets. There could be a FILTER that removes the chance of a RUNAWAY MISSILE shooting towards the Sun. A modern missile could actually know that the Sun is not a target because of its PROFILE and software.

The guidance uses Software contrary to what you are assuming and it has more complex Circuitry. It has to be safe in order to operate and engage the target. Software updates to missiles does happen. They update them as the Seeker uses the Airframe not the exhaust as its target. Although it is a missile that is from the early days of missiles it is a sign that such technology existed in many Countries. Updates would come from the MANUFACTURER so it is a Secret thing that must happen for upgraded Missiles or newly MANUFACTURED missiles. The next Question how long is it before a Missile must be used before it expires? They have a shelf life before they must be decommissioned although most Air Forces must use them up on the Range with Drones before they wind up buried.(no David French they would not use them on Tanks! Which ever one it is that is making this stuff up!) The R60 is still in service so it must be a very good Missile, I wonder how many have Missed? Here is a Question would it miss? Has it ever missed? It does miss on DCS occasionally.

I have not come across any actual incident of a missile going after the Sun.

Types of EJECTION SEAT PROPULSION: 1/ AIR DUCTING 2/ REPULSOR 3/ GRAVITY SHADOW 4/ ROCKET MOTOR ACES III has all 4. So the question is what does that all do for the Pilot. And the Ejection Seat Sensors are what informs the Pilot/Crew of "PULL UP", "ROLL RIGHT" etc.

That depends on MANUFACTURING and if it is a signature that is accepted by the software. The Sun is not an acceptable target. Even the earliest version of a Sidewinder or R60 will not go after the Sun as a target. You could try it with a real one but it will not work, the R60 is close to an Aim 9M so it has a list of target types and will only lock if it is one of those. The seeker will detect heat but it would not lock onto the Sun or other objects as a target. They can still work if a target has landed and the engine is going which is not modelled yet in some areas. I've found that some aircraft land and the Aim9 will not lock on to them but a real one can still see the Airframe as hot enough to lock onto a cold Airframe is not a valid target. Although early missiles it might be assumed are primitive compared to a modern Aim 9X or R73 the inside of the missile's circuitry is very complex. It has to Lock onto the target and continue to track it and attain a Lead Pursuit in order to hit it. It is more than just a few resistor's and a capacitor. They all feature SOLID STATE CIRCUITRY in order to function as an Air to Air Missile.

SEEKER TYPE LASER GUIDED for that missile most likely. It might be similar to the seeker on the Russian Air to Ground Laser Guided Missiles.

You would have to provide evidence before that would ever be CODED. I would never CODE something like that as it is unrealistic.

The only aircraft that I have heard of with downward firing Ejection Seats were bombers which are a waste of time. Zero-zero ejection seats will work on the ground but all of them have that capability. It is the Ejection Seat that warns pilots to "PULL UP", "EJECT", "ROLL." They do more but that is where that voice comes from which is right behind you. The equipment that does that uses SRTM and can predict a crash which is why it is there.

F104 the Seat goes upwards. An ejection Seat has to fire upwards in order to eject on the runway. If the pilot had a downward firing ejection seat then it would be a waste of time putting it into the aircraft. At high speed the ejection seat will still clear the tail it is only a couple of metres.

The circuitry is the same and the same motor but the burn is shorter for the Stinger, both missiles are very similar in that area. If you use them the right way they never miss.

This sounds like a good addon, I wonder if there will be the later versions modelled?