"John R Weiss" wrote:
Given its speed and short time of flight, an IR AAM is already stealthy except
for the exhaust plume.

What about those 4 radar corner reflectors they use for fins ?


;-D

A missle that used a conical tailcone with thrust vectoring
would be pretty radar-stealthy though.


OTOH, if the exhaust plume is your first and only indicator of the missile
launch, you may well be too late for evasion...

Definition of a bad day : as you eject to avoid the AAM's
impact, it breaks lock and re-acquires on your seat's plume...




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