Is that possible to survive AMRAAM hit?

[TishaBersky]

Is that possible to survive AMRAAM hit to be able to eject, at least at the back of the craft?(Not only at f16, but also at f15, su 33 and so on). Or aim 120 will kill you 100% situations?

[Falconeer]

yes it's totally possible. It happened in 1999 in Servian airspace, where a Dutch F16 shot down a Mig-29. The pilot ejected safely.

 

Most missiles do not need to hit the target, they only need to get close enough for the warhead to detonate and sent large amounts of shrapnel to the target

[Cupra]

Sure... a hit is not always a kill. Somwhere there was a document arount about downed aircraft in 1999... one of the MiG-29 got hit 3 times and was still flying.. Another one got hit but crashed because the pilot was tiered at the final.... So.. 1 hit 1 Kill can be, but do not calculate with it. For big planes like a SU-27 or similar I would in gerneral calculate 3 missiles for 1 jet. Lucky if needed less, but.. maybe 1 misses, the second one just causes light damage.. 

[TAW_Blaze]

I expect a frontal hit near the canopy will be fatal but otherwise the pilot should be able to eject, unless this is prevented by the damage caused.

[Baz000]

Sometimes the forces of seat ejection proves to be fatal to the pilot, and can exacerbate already existing bodily injury from battle damage.

[ruddy122]

You can survive but it depends if you see the missile

Missiles don’t like to turn because it bleeds energy and the rocket motor has so much propellant

Key is maneuver to make the missile turn and lose its energy while spewing countermeasures


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