It’s funny because even in head ons I’ve had a ton of success firing close range r73s, because they DO reject flares in that aspect, but as you said it is still the WORST CASE SCENARIO for the missile and he’s acting like because he sometimes gets them flared off in that aspect that the missile wasn’t doing its job
Well let me be as specific and, terminology correct as possible for those whom cannot understand.
I engaged the R-73’s seeker head (on) in a rear aspect shot locking on a fleeing target at a distance of roughly 0.75 miles - 1.0 miles. After the seeker head was on for roughly 10-15 seconds. I launched the R-73 and, after a period of time, the anti air missile had miraculously missed, without the target flaring one time.
Because R-73s are terrible and clearly do not work as intended.
Because even on slightly side aspect shots with already fired R-73s less than 0.2 miles from target decides to go for flares. If you’d like, I can record footage to show you.
The irccm works poorly, and the R-73 works about just as well as an R-60, except it turns harder.
I do know how to use it lmao.
Why is that your argument? You don’t deny that they are crap, instead you try attack me. Shows me you clearly love losing debates
It works better on airframes like the Su-27, but the things like the Su-39 they are pretty much useless.