Viper0011.
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Hi,
The supposed scenarioh ere is that the F22 cannot be seen----okay---that is fine---but only till it launches its missiles----the moment it launches at target---it position becomes known---the target will launch back multiple missiles at the point of origination ---and then the missile itself may calculate the supposed direction the F22 may take and the position where it will be when the missile intersects it.
The missile does not have to hit the F22----the proximity fuse---when it sense a body close by---will blow up the warhead.
The longer range of the Pl 15 is a concern---because the F22 will have to shoot by getting way under the umbrella of the PL15 range----unless something new comes up for the F22".
MK.....your post is full of assumptions!!!! Whoever said that a -22 is "seen" due to launching a missile is a fool. It doesn't work like that. No nation spends over 200 million per jet (total fly away and maintenance cost for 5 years), and risk of losing it due to a mili-second window opening and shutting down, just to drop a missile very quickly.
Let's see, the -22 drops an AMRAAM D from 80 miles away flying at 700 MPH at 30K feet. It takes a mili-second to drop the missile. And the jet immediately vertically climbs and speeds up to 1000 MPH and drops down to 10K feet. Within the next 30 seconds, the plane will be like 20 miles away from this missile drop location and 20K feet below.
How would your PL-XX find it? Through Magic? The ONLY thing that gives away the location is the missile's dropping and waves reflecting back from it as its a free falling metallic object, then it ignites and has afterbun coming out. So both, an advanced Radar and IR sensors will detect it. Meaning a "blip" on the radar for a second or two. So how do you tell the PL-XX to fire and that there is a -22? Even if you fired one, it won't cross 80 miles in 5 or 10 seconds. And sure, if you want to send a missile on a goose chase, that's fine, let's waste one or more missiles.
What can't be seen, can't be hit. The only exception is if the -22 was within 20-30 miles of a heavier jet like the SU-35 or the EFT with very superior IR sensors being able to look that far out. That's when it may become a little issue. But you don't have any IR missiles going out to 80 miles, or BVR missiles remembering GPS coordinates and then "hunting" for a -22 who is 25 miles away from where the initial BLIP took place.These missiles also don't have unlimited fuel and electricity to continue to operate for an hour, looking for a -22...
There is a movie called "the A team", in the early part of that movie, they show a -22 firing an AIM-9X missile, see that footage yourself to understand where I am going with my post.
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