cannot reproduce RWR Does not Warn of SA-5 Launch

[bonesvf103]

In the last week or so I have experienced that an SA-5 missile has hit me and I never knew it was there because the RWR never gave a missile launch warning.  My RWR was on; I can tell because I can hear the SA-5 spiking me and I can see all the radar indications in the RWR.

Shouldn't there be a launch warning when the SA-5 launches since it is a SARH missile?  I actually thought I was hit by an SA-18 since there was no warning, but the log showed it was definitely an SA-5.

Here is video.  At 3:30 you can hear me being spiked, so I know the RWR was on.  Skip to 17:34, and you can see the moments before I'm hit, there is no warning and at 18:06 in the log you can see it was confirmed an SA-5.

This happened a couple of times before in the last 2 weeks both to me and to another player.

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

I have a trackfile to attach but the forums says it's too big to attach

 

v6,

boNes

[razo+r]

22 minutes ago, bonesvf103 said:

I have a trackfile to attach but the forums says it's too big to attach

 

v6,

boNes

Delete some of your previous attachments (go to your profile-> attachments), upload it somewhere else like Dropbox, Mega or whatever, or try to make a smaller track.

[MnMailman]

  Had the same thing happen to me recently but with an sa-11.

[Koty]

While it's probably unintentional, that's more realistic than otherwise.

S-200's tracking radar does not change the emissions in any way when it launches a missile, it's always just a solid CW signal, with subtle changes in polarity as the operator manually ranges you. Word on the street is though that it should give you a solid launch warning when tracked instead.

[MnMailman]

In my case, there was never even an sa-11 indication on the rwr let alone a launch warning.

Edited October 17 by MnMailman

[MA_VMF]

В 17.10.2025 в 10:05, Koty сказал:

Радар слежения С-200 никак не изменяет излучение при запуске ракеты, это всегда просто сплошной сигнал непрерывного излучения, с незначительными изменениями полярности, когда оператор вручную определяет дальность.

это верный ответ. Предупреждение о пуске вы не получите 

[bonesvf103]

Trackfile:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z12x4a57ws1ug80wu3cbd/server-20251008-191737.trk?rlkey=4t1d6jstce7g4teg816ri6xkg&st=mq5si8x7&dl=0

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boNes

[bonesvf103]

*bump*

I attached the track file

[MeanJim]

I did a quick test in SP, and I get a launch warning for the SA-5 and SA-11 in both the F/A-18 and F-16.  I wonder if desync in MP can cause you to not get a launch warning.

[bonesvf103]

On 10/24/2025 at 11:32 AM, MeanJim said:

I did a quick test in SP, and I get a launch warning for the SA-5 and SA-11 in both the F/A-18 and F-16.  I wonder if desync in MP can cause you to not get a launch warning.

That's a good idea; I was playing MP at the time.  I should try it in SP and see what happens.

 

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boNes

[BIGNEWY]

I will ask the MP testing team to look out for this, but we have not been able to reproduce currently. 

thank you