I used it once, to demonstrate how stupid it is, when the first MCM threads started being made
That clip is old
idk some random yaping the point is that su30 would not be able to radar lock the exact location of the missile depending on radar settings and everyone gets a jet that can super McM so I don’t see the issue
Neither is MCM. If you want to be realistic, we could take it to Falcon BMS levels where a fox-3 launched inside of the NEZ is just a death sentence unless you can find a hill to put between you and the missile.
notching is very realistic you tried to cut the sentence
It can though? It has some radar performance straight out of area 51, and can see everything, including other missiles, with no problem.
None of this sentence gives the impression that notching is realistic, so no I’m not cherrypicking from what you said.
And notching as easily as you can in WT is very much unrealistic.
Not to the extent you see in war thunder
IRL it’s significantly harder to notch Fox-3s, as datalink and seekers are much stronger there
IRL Modern fighters will go cold, not notch
are 51 might be stretch but ok it does have a very special radar but I believe the f15EX radar will be better just with worse gimble width so equal maybe
they would notch and terrain mask if notching didn’t work IRL they wouldn’t have chaff
If chaff is all you need to notch a missile, then they wouldn’t develop electronic warfare equipment. And modern fox-3s are basically impossible to notch. Trying to notch a missile IRL is way too big of a risk, you might as well be asking to get shot down. It’s much more effective to just turn cold and bleed a missile of its energy.
its also pretty hard to go cold on a PL-12 for example can and will keep chasing the enemy until it makes impact
what does notching do? it makes the missile travel much further while the missile also mistakes it for clutter
Notching is a last resort
IRL you go cold and terrain mask, it’s infinitely safer and more reliable
like @TopGunCrew8367 said, why do you think companies spend insane amounts of money to keep improving defensive systems such as ECM
iirc even the most modern rwrs won’t be able to give you exact indicators of threats
wt’s systems are really arcade-y so the game is playable for the average goober
But if you turn cold, It will not have the energy to reach you. Sure, it will keep attempting to hit you, but if you bleed it’s energy, it never will.
The point of notching is only the second thing you said there. F-pole maneuvers are what you use to make a missile increase its travel range. And that is only effective against fox-1s, and only if you are certain your missile will hit first.
Modern fox-3s are incredibly effective at filtering out clutter, so trying to notch a fox-3 IRL is basically a death sentence.
hehe datalink
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because ECM is very important why would a company like Boeing also try to put a advanced RWR why would the f47 or NGAD allegedly have better heat intakes because everything matters pilots and militarys need every possible way to counter missiles and enemy all combined
so lets say you turn around at mach 1.0you lose energy drop down to mach 0.80 the missile is coming at mach 3 what happens you getting chased by a missile not being able to out run it
even in something hyper realistic like D.C.S notching works (don’t take this seriously but in real life a aim7 cant be “sparrow rolled” either)
in real life you’re never going to by trying that.
You are screwed just by being within range