AGM 88 lock onto ground radar
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I was attacking an SA4 site on a mission today and noticed every time I designated the target on my HAD … it would stop emitting a radar signal? Does the SA site know when an aircraft radar has locked onto it … or just BMS messing with me
Thanks
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The HARM has a passive tracking mechanism. It does not use the aircraft radar.
Id say coincidence, but I dont think Ive ever used the HAD to attack an SA-4 specifically, so I don’t know.
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The radars on the ground wont know if the harm is locking onto it, but they will know if jets are incoming, so they will resort to sneaky tactics. Such as turning their radars on momentarily to take a quick look around, then turn them back off.
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The radars on the ground wont know if the harm is locking onto it, but they will know if jets are incoming, so they will resort to sneaky tactics. Such as turning their radars on momentarily to take a quick look around, then turn them back off.
But those sneaky sam tactics wont work in BMS in 4.32 U7
Maybe in future
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SA4s are particularly illusive at least in BMS, they don’t sneak their noses out too much.
HAD is a great tool to detect radars but remember that once you’ve found a radar you could shoot at the it with Mavs or bomb it -
once you can lock it up and have your wingman attack it.
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once you can lock it up and have your wingman attack it.
Yeah, but he’s going to try to attack with Harms as well
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once you can lock it up and have your wingman attack it.
Thats a whole other story CPTMTGE … I tried to get my wingman to “attack my target” … and next thing I know he is heading for home plate:uham:
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If “attack my target” don’t work for some unknown reason and your wingman is undamaged, has fuel and at least one harm try F8 “attack collateral targets” which should work. Insure you call rejoin flight right after he launches the first harm otherwise he will launch both and you may need his second Harm for other SAMS close by. The SA4 often turns on danger close and once I have a lock in the HAS within 20 miles he is toast.
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and this is why i never use guided A-G weapons.