Re:An F-22 test pilot on the Raptor's flight control system
by formerly_proven on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:37AM
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> It’s much safer to teach your missiles to do the manoeuvre instead of making the plane do it first.
Indeed modern air-to-air missiles can do this and much more. They can be launched and lock on after the launch and have full-sphere attack capability (unlike earlier missiles, which even in a high off-boresight scenario would still require the launching aircraft to be behind the target).
It’s much safer to teach your missiles to do the manoeuvre instead of making the plane do it first.