I do not understand what my aim9m’s do half the time. My enemy doesn’t even preflare, let alone flare, and even flaring late wouldn’t matter because somehow my missile doesn’t keep a tone even with radar lock since my AIM-9 M doesn’t track!
Radar lock means nothing since it is an IR seeker
Make sure you have a good aoa, 9Ms pull well but they’re not R-73s, they can’t shoot high off bore and are practically worthless if you’re under 2km because they don’t pull at all off the rail and need time to gain speed
It can help against pre-flaring targets as it slaves the seeker to the plane and starts the IRCCM working so the missile has a much better chance to go after the target rather then the CMs, but that is pretty situational.
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