ECM Not effective against SAMs

[Thorimus]

Ralfidude recently made a video examining the effects of jammers on SAMs and found that they have basically no effect. Is this a bug?

Video:

(2) Jammer Effectiveness in DCS - YouTube

[QuiGon]

Well, I've got quite different results than Ralfi, which I described in the comments below the video.

Edited January 29, 2021 by QuiGon

[Steel Jaw]

AFAIK it depends upon the jet, IE the Hornet ECM currently not modeled at all.

 

As well, AFAIK, ECM does nothing once the missile is in the air, the point to ECM is to deny lock by the tracking radar or decrease detection range of search radar.

[Ghostraider]

ECM is not a system to prevent an SAM Hit at all, maybe it can you prevent for an SAM Hit

[Shadow KT]

Ralfi's testing methodology was flawed and gives a completely false conclusion.


For example I did a quick test of mine:

[QuiGon]

@Shadow KT Exactly, well said!

 

  

4 hours ago, Mower said:

AFAIK it depends upon the jet, IE the Hornet ECM currently not modeled at all.

 

As well, AFAIK, ECM does nothing once the missile is in the air, the point to ECM is to deny lock by the tracking radar or decrease detection range of search radar.

 

The Hornet ECM is modelled in the current Open Beta:

 

 

Edited January 29, 2021 by QuiGon