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Just another internet myth.

 

To paraphrase the pilot "The missile went off the rail, I tried to follow the smoke trail but lost sight of it, after that I have no idea what happened to it."

Most likely it was a simple malfunction.

 

Whatever happened to it we don’t know. With that reasoning it could have as well been spoofed by flares. Also the 9x motor is practically smokeless.

Funny how in the released test videos inert missiles score contact kills and in real combat the first one fails.

 

However as I said I was being ironic.

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The first one destroyed its target. Turkish F-16 vs Russian Su-24.

 

Funny how in the released test videos inert missiles score contact kills and in real combat the first one fails.

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Surely, if that Su-24 had to release flares, that AIM9X would've gone after the flares ;)

 

LOL, couldn't help myself there

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The first one destroyed its target. Turkish F-16 vs Russian Su-24.

u sure it was an "x" ? not "m" ?

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u sure it was an "x" ? not "m" ?

 

Yes, it was an X. The one that failed later (vs Su-22) probably had a fin failure.

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For the first, there are reports written and I believe public (then were also Turkish newspaper articles which names the missile)

 

For the second, that's an educated guess from missile operators ... fin failures happen and are not uncommon (fin falls off, missile isn't able to guide).

 

How do u know all that?

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Educated guesses by operators have a bit more weight than just a pure guess. As far as malfunctions go, it seems to be a common one.

 

Mostly conjecture then?

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