F-15C Clarification for the AIM-7 and the STT

[696th Pinpoint]

Greetings all,

 

I am just looking over the 1.1 Manual for Flaming Cliffs, I was wondering if I could get some clarity on the AIM-7 and firing this weapon.

 

On page 86 of the manual, it states that the weapon needs to be fired from the STT or FLOOD mode. Ok that's all well and good.

 

However on page 88 in the boxed text underneath the image it states that the AIM-7 can only be fired in STT mode, the text is dicussing the TWS modes and that the AIM-7 needs to be in STT mode, thus a pilot would need to search for the target, in TWS, then decide goto STT to fire the AIM-7, these two systems do interact with each other, so why must the pilot must re-target a second time for the AIM-7?

 

Does the TWS not interact with the STT, by sharing and predicting agains the onboard library to determine what the threat is? Even if it didnt need to know what the threat was why does it require a second designation in order to launch?

 

I hope this is not a old thread, but I was just wondering why it needs to be re-designated the 2nd time. Or am I completly missing the text, and its simply telling me to get out of TWS mode and back into STT mode before I can fire?

 

Many thanks

Pin

[GGTharos]

Because TWS MUST prevent an STT lock unless /specifically/ commanded. The whole /point/ of TWS is to avoid aletrting the enemy as to your intentions untli the very last moment - in the case of the 7, you need to go STT, in the case of the 120, you don't, and your intentions are announced about ten seconds before the missile starts homing.

[696th Pinpoint]

Many thanks GGTharos!

 

Pin

[S77th-GOYA]

Also, make sure you realize that by bugging the bandit a second time after first bugging it in TWS will give you an STT lock. You don't have to manually change to STT mode. It's good for allowing your scan to continue for any other threats that might be near until the last second before firing.