AA9 Amos & AIM54

[WelshZeCorgi]

Scenario:

 

I fire a AIM 54C at a Mig31 Foxhound and he fires a AA9 Amos missile in return.

 

So the questions I'm trying to figure out is:

 

1. Obviously, trying to break the Mig31 lock early keeps me out of the amos's seeker cone during terminal, but in order to do so I have to notch the Mig31's radar which means my awg-9 can't paint the target and give updated guidance info to the PH I just launched moments earlier.

 

Does this mean the PH is trashed completely or can I turn back in and repaint the Mig31 in TCS? Will doing so reconnect with and update the PH I launched before breaking?

 

Could the same apply to STT? If I fire PH in STT then have to break, if I turn back in and reaquire the target in STT will the PH go after it or just continue being dumb?

 

 

2. I'm trying to figure out when I'm in danger of the AA9 Amos and when I'm not. I've been hit several times by the Amos but never received that missile homing warning tone from the RWR (that intense 2 tone drumroll), Just the lock up tone you usually get when the enemy locks you up on his radar. (the less intense 2 tone)

 

Any way of know when the Amos is in its terminal phase and about to hit you? I once got hit by an Amos while notching the Mig31 and had I known it was about to hit, I would have done something a lot more than just fly in a level, gentle left turn.

 

Thanks for reading and your help!

Edited April 19, 2019 by WelshZeCorgi

[uri_ba]

Just for reference, as you do things I'm just not skilled to try.

Unlike the AIM-54, the Amos is SARH only. It does not have the PHs terminal active phase. Which means no additional RWR warnings. But you can try and notch him as soon as your missile is pitbull.

 

However, beating his missile kinematicly by doing S-turns while your missile flies true.

 

Or to be more cryptic. You fly F-Pole vs F-Pole BVR tactics till the second your missile is pitbull.

[Magot]

AA9 is more backward missile than older Aim-54 because its SARH.

IRL after launch AA9 RIO did jam on its frequency on which AA9 was guided.

After did maneuver for lost from enemy radar.* So interupted guiding of AA9.

 

* If Mig-31 used doppler search so F-14 did maneuver perpendicular to the mig for minimalizing doppler effect.

Edited April 19, 2019 by Magot