Out of 10 missiles, 9 go for the flare instead of the jet. Is this normal for a missile that has IRCCM? For the last week I’ve rarely gotten kills with missiles. Even missiles I fire from 1.1 km from the side/front/back miss.
Side-aspect + well-ish timed flaring. Had he flared later he’d be dead. I haven’t used the Magics at all ever. But I do use Sidewinders, and the R-73. They work just fine.
Large caliber flares + relatively cold engine + side aspect + 3.5km launch. Gatewidth cant really help with that. Tracking suspension would, but it has its own arguably easier ways to defeat.