KILSEK Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 Hi all. I am using regular radar and was getting familiar with it again when I noticed something. I was flying the 15 and the 33 and had a set a C-17 and a AN-50 as the targets to get use to it. I got the controls mapped, tracked and shot down both. Then I added a 15 for the 33 to kill and a 33 for the 15 to kill. That is when I came across a situation. In the 15 it takes to about 20 NM for the radar to ID the aircraft and if I have the wrong one selected(the AN-50) when I unlock it the 33 is already firing and then I am going evasive and maneuvering for a FOX-2 shot. I loaded it with sorbitsa(cheated) and of course it used it. Since it used it I was able to HOJ and kill the 33. In the 33, it never ID's the 15 but, since the 15 has a internal ECM, I can lock onto the jam and then fire, thereby avoiding wasting time locking onto the C-17. This got me wondering: Do all aircraft that have or can carry an ECM- carry and use an ECM? If so than it seems that it should always be easy to HOJ to find the enemy that is going to attack you and then attack them, of course I do not see this as being the case. How would you folks handle that situation, where you want to kill an armed enemy but not a unarmed enemy? Going against the A.I. it will always fire the first chance it gets, so that leaves visually confirming it out. The other thing is that both are taking off from the same airfield so they are coming in from the same direction and the only thing I can use is the fact that the 15/33 are flying faster than the heavies and since I know this(I set up the mission), I just lock onto the faster/closer aircraft and then attack it. Thanks, -KILSEK
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