*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, I've been thinking about the counter measures (flares & Chaff) on todays fighter aircraft. How well do they function in real combat? What if they developed a counter measure that is like a small missle and can be fired from the plane in any angle (like a gun turret). These small missles could be made to track ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi all, I think it's about time they developed guided rockets (smart rockets) it would increase the chances of hitting the target, or would it, smart weapons have been known to go astray. What do you guy's think? Rapier

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi RUN, You like the SU's yes, they do look nice so they must fly nice to. It has very powerful engines which I suppose do compensate for it's size quite alot. You are being honest when you say the F-16 will struggle a bit with one of these but remember RUN how many evo's there have been of the SU. Imagine an F-16 ...

*** Posted by RUN *** Eventhough the Flanker is a big aircraft It's still a very capable one taking its thrust to weight ration into consideration. Are we talking medium-high altitudes the Flanker is definetely a better dogfighter than the f16 & I even think the f16 would have a hard time at low altitudes. RUN [Hi Kim, I would have to ...

*** Posted by RUN *** As somebody else mentionened on this forum: Missiles are guided, rockets are not. It doesn't matter weather it's Air-Air or Air-Ground. RUN [Just for the reference: Where lies the difference between rockets and missiles? Kim]

*** Posted by run *** I haven't tried it enough to make that judgement, but after what I've seen so far it is quite accurate. RUN [Hi RUN, Would you say that it's accurate, try to be as honest as possible. Was it a demo or the full version? Rapier I've just tried it once or twice, but I think it is an ok sim. RUN ]

*** Posted by run *** Thanks for testing the chat. It is just an experiment. The historical date search only contains dates from FEB to JUL so far, but you can also search on differe´nt people or events and see when different stuff happened. Weather right now sucks, but it's looking good for next weekend. RUN [Hi RUN, The chat seems to ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Hi, I think the apache has a type of rocket that is guided slightly but no by a big margin, I would say you still have to line the caret on the target, roughly. I think these are the inteligent rockets like you were refering to. Rapier [Missiles: 'intelligent' rockets, i.e., usually guided. Rockets: 'dumb' rounds, ...

*** Posted by Spectre *** Missiles: 'intelligent' rockets, i.e., usually guided. Rockets: 'dumb' rounds, usually fly in unguided and in a straight line... Spectre [Hi Kim, I think the difference between rockets and missles is that they are similar but rockets are primarily used for ground attacks and missles for Air-Air combat like the ...

*** Posted by Rapier *** Perhaps when we see the pilots straining to combat the G's, they are not combating G's at all if you know what I mean! He He Rapier [So thats why pilots wear baggy pants? ]