Harrier thrust vectoring in air-to-air combat?

Juvat wrote:

Guy Alcala responded thusly::

I grant you, I could have worded that a bit better ;-)

Hey it just sounded funny...no offense inferred.

Glad to hear it.

But what I meant was that the RAF
apparently didn't use Viffing at the time, PERIOD.

Which I agree with...anecdotally.

I freely admit my lack of personal experience of ACM in this period (or
any other).

Allow me to clarify...I wasn't implying anything in a perjorative
context

Wasn't inferring that you were, just wanted to clarify that all my info is
second-hand.

...you would have loved it.

Undoubtedly.

Thanks for the additional gouge...

My pleasure.

Guy

Chad Irby wrote:

Guy Alcala wrote:

The RAF refused to wire the GR.3s for AIM-9s until they were forced
to for the Falklands (and then had to remove it again when they were
re-rolled for bombing during the conflict, as the SHARs were felt to
have the A/A game well in hand).

They had a similar view on ECM equipment. "Chaff dispensers? Silly
things. Who needs them?"

To be fair, the RAF did buy and install ALE-40s in a hurry during the war,
and also managed to develop (well, the contractor did) and install the
gun-pod mounted jammer (Blue Eric IIRR) in only a few weeks.

Guy