IFF?
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Just wondering is there any other way to find if the enemy in a friendly or foe without asking AWACS?
Lock him up and ask your wingie to Attack My Target!!! You’ll get a 100% correct answer with his response
C9
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It has little or no tactical value?
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It has little or no tactical value?
Normaly, no tactical value behind the FLOT since IFF are supposed to be switched off passing the SWITCH OFF LINE located 10 to 20Nm before the FLOT. IFF purpose is only to identify a friendly over friendly area to avoid frat kill if it is not complying with ACO publication. IFF can not be used to ID an hostile and can only ID a friendly (doesn’t necessarily mean that a non replying contact is an hostile as it could be a friendy without the right IFF or with a failing IFF device.)
IFF can be used over hostile area ony once air superiority or air supremacy is gained.
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It has little or no tactical value?
Someone always comes by and says so. Give it time.
But even in FF5, with its poor implementation, it was of IMMENSE tactical value in helping to sort “who’s who in the zoo”.
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…IFF are supposed to be switched off passing the SWITCH OFF LINE located 10 to 20Nm before the FLOT.
Why is that done?
IFF is an abslute must in the modern dynamics, no question about it. It has a lot of work to be done on in BMS though. -
Simply because IFF is not a passive device and as I said, only to ID a friendly, not a foe (despite the name: Identification Friend or Foe). Main ID means over hostile area with a heavy AA threat are AWACS, L16, timings and altitude, radio (raygun call) … Sometimes also NCTR.
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Main ID means over hostile area with a heavy AA threat are AWACS, L16, timings and altitude, radio (raygun call) … Sometimes also NCTR.
Sorry, disagree, those methods are too time consuming. Especially when Guard gets busy which it ALWAYS does online.
Online fliers will understand.
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… Maybe, but this is just how it works in the real life.
If implemented and used realistically, IFF will not be the magic tool of you dreams.
Online, the main problem is radio discipline… Even sometimes in real. This is a fact.
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@Cloud:
Lock him up and ask your wingie to Attack My Target!!! You’ll get a 100% correct answer with his response
Hee hee…
Script monkeys strike another blow…! Stop screwing with my suspension of disbelief, dude…!
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You can also soft lock the target and get a visual ID with the TGP at about 20nm.
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Sorry, disagree, those methods are too time consuming. Especially when Guard gets busy which it ALWAYS does online.
Online fliers will understand.
DJ tries to educate the community about how IFF is used in real operations
He is not interested into gaming
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Sorry, disagree, those methods are too time consuming. Especially when Guard gets busy which it ALWAYS does online.
Online fliers will understand.
Well, if implemented correctly, those other methods will still be of more use to you. People already screw up their data cartridge and whatnot flying online, adding IFF in any way that requires pilot interaction will result in friendlies which are SPADES.
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… Maybe, but this is just how it works in the real life.
If implemented and used realistically, IFF will not be the magic tool of you dreams.
Online, the main problem is radio discipline… Even sometimes in real. This is a fact.
Dont agree with you much but this is great, I couldn’t agree more
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Well, if implemented correctly, those other methods will still be of more use to you. People already screw up their data cartridge and whatnot flying online, adding IFF in any way that requires pilot interaction will result in friendlies which are SPADES.
Incompetent FBMS Drivers are another matter entirely.
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Incompetent FBMS Drivers are another matter entirely.
So competent FBMS drivers should be able to sort their radar contacts without IFF…
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Incompetent FBMS Drivers are another matter entirely.
No, its the same. IFF IRL is not 100% useful because its not 100% reliable, and there exist aircraft other than combatants. In BMS with combatants only, and virtually no ROEs (BANDIT and HOSTILE are the same thing in BMS), and no failures - well IFF would be perfect. Either its friendly or unknown - if its unknown, shoot it down.
I reckon about 10% of the time, AIs should have incorrect IFF codes, just to mess things up, if it were implemented.
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You can also soft lock the target and get a visual ID with the TGP at about 20nm.
Ha - in the weather I fly in it’s more like 6nm.
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thx guys sorry my fault i didn’t search IFF in forums
But then what does IFF means?I know its identify friend or foe.But what does it actually means? -
Tried the wikipedia page with the same name?