investigating SA-8 no lock-on warning prior follow up shots

[Moonshine]

as the title says:

fly towards SA-8 -> you get lock and launch warning. defend the first missiles (usually 2). turn back into the SA-8 -> you will get missile launch warning but no lock-on warning prior to that.

out of the encyclopedia the SA-8 is semi-active radar homing. if i understand that correctly, that should always give lock before launch warnings on RWR

track attached.

RWR_no-follow-up-lock-warning.trk

[Northstar98]

16 hours ago, Moonshine said:

out of the encyclopedia the SA-8 is semi-active radar homing.

While it doesn't change the conclusion (you should probably get a lock warning if the SA-8 is tracking you via radar), IRL the SA-8 is command guided (with either radar or EO target tracking).

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, we will check, but as far as I am aware the SA-8 also has an electro-optical tracker. 

thanks

[Moonshine]

47 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

Hi, we will check, but as far as I am aware the SA-8 also has an electro-optical tracker. 

thanks

that is true, and if its modelled in DCS as well then there is still something wrong with it as if it would use electro-optical tracker i should not get a launch warning either, similar to the HQ-7 and Rapier

[Whiskey11]

On 8/1/2023 at 3:35 AM, Moonshine said:

that is true, and if its modelled in DCS as well then there is still something wrong with it as if it would use electro-optical tracker i should not get a launch warning either, similar to the HQ-7 and Rapier

Welcome to DCS World where the surface to air threats are modeled at a... pardon the pun... surface level.  I would LOVE for the SAM game to be modeled way more accurately... including the optical trackers on SAM's like the SA-2, SA-3, and SA-6, or the differences in accuracy between Command Guided missiles, SARH missiles, TVM missiles, and ARH missiles.  It's all a work in progress, one which I hope gets way more work going forward!