Re: FT in a Fluid

Peter Mancini wrote:

>Why is this important apart from Dogfighting? Aren't missles much
>better than they were during Viet Nam?  Or have defenses gotten 
>even better?

AAMs are much better today than in the 'Nam, but so are the defences.
One important factor is how missiles are launched. Many 3rd-generation
fighters still need to point their aircraft fairly directly towards
their would-be victims in order to get a target lock; aerial acrobatics
is one way to get around this. There are other ways too, of course <g>

Regards,

Oerjan Ohlson
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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