Best dogfight gun?

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:34:42 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

That's an extremely large "if", given the extensive air-to-air sensor
suite fitted to the A-10...

It's called a "radar warning receiver," and it tells you which direction
you're being radiated from. If the other guy isn't using radar, they're
proabably not going to see you in the weeds at all from any rational
distance.

As I recall, AWACS talks to A-10s. That's a pretty extensive sensor
suite for the A-10.

If we're talking about anything like a realistic scenario, there's
going to be an AWACS.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer

In article ,
Mary Shafer wrote:

On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:34:42 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

In article ,
"Paul J. Adam" wrote:

That's an extremely large "if", given the extensive air-to-air sensor
suite fitted to the A-10...

It's called a "radar warning receiver," and it tells you which direction
you're being radiated from. If the other guy isn't using radar, they're
proabably not going to see you in the weeds at all from any rational
distance.

As I recall, AWACS talks to A-10s. That's a pretty extensive sensor
suite for the A-10.

....but sometimes, AWACS is just not available, or is too busy to talk to
everyone in range.

If we're talking about anything like a realistic scenario, there's
going to be an AWACS.

That was kinda the point. It was an "edge" scenario.

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