Dimitris -> RE: Sensor detection (10/28/2018 4:58:43 PM)
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Looked at this save now in greater detail. The F-35 is initially detected by the YJ-26 radar on the coast, and that cues the F-16AM's Sniper-XR pod to precisely locate the F-35. Sniper can be used for air engagements and it provides fire control-grade data, which can be uplinked to the AMRAAM _even without a radar lock_. Therefore, _in this specific case_, the simulation accurately reflects reality. More generally, there are two separate but related limitations ATM: 1) An aircraft can fire an AMRAAM at a contact that it cannot itself detect by any sensor, but has been provided to it by another friendly unit (this would be the case above if the F-16AM was not in fact tracking the F-35 with its own Sniper-XR pod). Such a "blind fire" capability should normally be reserved only for CEC-capable platforms and weapons. 2) An aircraft can fire an AMRAAM at a contact that it itself has detected by ANY onboard sensor, including the Mk1 Eyeball which is not integrated to the aircraft's overall avionics & fire-control architecture. In RL, only sensors full integrated into the aircraft's avionics suite are able to provide targeting data to launch.
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