"tomcervo" wrote:

:Sounds like the Tornado tactic, fire and run. Dogfighting is great in
:the movies but I doubt it's as cost effective as BVR

However, setting your airplane up for BVR only relies on some very
crucial assumptions that, in time of war, are probably not going to be
upheld.

You have to convince the other guy to play your game and be detectable
at good BVR ranges so you can shoot him. He's probably going to avoid
this, particularly if he knows that getting to 'knife-fighting' range
means he gets an automatic win.

It only works once the hot war starts. If you are in a 'patrol'
situation where the other guy can get arbitrarily close to you before
the balloon goes up, you are going to lose an awful lot of aircraft in
the first real exchange of fire.

It assumes the other guy doesn't fly an LO platform, that he can't jam
or evade your missiles, etc.

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