reported AI F-4E is able to independently guide multiple AGM-12s simultaneously

[Northstar98]

Hi everyone,

The F-4E, when flown by AI, is able to provide guidance to multiple AGM-12s independently - this is something that shouldn't be possible.

There is only one control (available only to the pilot) that provides a means to send steering commands to an AGM-12 - if multiple AGM-12s are in-flight simultaneously, they should all receive the same commands, it shouldn't be possible to provide separate commands to each missile.

This behaviour can be seen with player aircraft - if a player has multiple AGM-12s in-flight simultaneously, they all receive the same commands and perform the same manoeuvres - controlling each missile independently isn't possible.

This is most obvious with the AGM-12A and B as there's a significant delay between subsequent firings compared to the C. There you can clearly see that missiles are being guided independently (usually when a subsequent missile is fired, you can see the AI steering that missile onto target while the previous missiles receive no/much smaller steering corrections, which can be seen in the 2 tracks below).

AI_AGM-12A_multiple_independent_guidance.trk AI_AGM-12B_multiple_independent_guidance.trk

Edited October 1, 2024 by Northstar98
grammar, clarity

[f-18hornet]

Hi @Northstar98, thank you, reported for internal analysis.