Arming time of the proximity fuse of the F2 (AIM) missile
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Observation that when a fox2 missile is fired from “too close” (therefore reduced time for the fuse to arm), whatever the angle of impact, the missile appears as having hit the target in the ACMI, but the target does not take any damage.
Even if the missile does not explode, I suppose that a direct impact is sometimes possible, and that the hit aircraft must still be damaged.
I can’t find anything in the doc about this, but maybe I missed something.Also, normal/programmed behavior? And if the answer is yes, where can we find the stress characteristics?
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Too close and the missile will not blow up…
Damages won’t be accounted nor subsantial to the airframe…
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This is what the Rmin indication in the WEZ symbology is showing you - if you fire inside of Rmin (and I should think you would have to to see this…) the weapon will not fuse - but you still may get a kinetic skin-on-skin hit…which is usually enough to kill the target, but not always - depends on where the hit occurs.
So don’t Fox inside of Rmin - for any A/A missile.
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Thanks to both of you.
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