If you soft lock(lock with TWS) an enemy, and shoot a fox 3. Will the enemy get a hardlock RWR / Launch warning or will the RWR recieve just soft lock till the fox 3 goes pitbull?
No, TWS locks do not ping RWR currently.
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TWS acts like search only radar such as on SPAA, you can get RWR ping for the scan rotation but nothing else as it is a software lock.
As such, a FOX-3 launched via TWS will not trigger an RWR launch warning unless the launch aircraft uses STT lock after launching the missile (for whatever reason).
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As stated above. The aim54 is a fox3 so you should have some experience with how they work vs rwr
No, TWS will only display as a regular ping even when launching. You will only get a missile warning at around ~18km before impact when the missiles own radar locks you.
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No bc all f14 players just tws, lock, shoot, next. Instead of keep softlock till impact
Why would you keep a soft lock until impact? The active radar kicks in within 16km.
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Because i thought if you keep softlock till impact the enemy rwr doesn’t go off, but i didn’t know the missile always goes pitbull no matter if you radar lock till impact or not