Re:An F-22 test pilot on the Raptor's flight control system
by Diesel555 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:30PM
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Our last 9X shot in combat? https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a270...
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Re:An F-22 test pilot on the Raptor's flight control system
by greedo on Sunday July 12, 2020 @08:14PM
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Here's a much better account:
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/14344/heres-the-defini...
To recap the article, missiles aren't perfect, especially when they've been flown on and off carrier decks. And this "miss" isn't even data; it's microscopic anectdata. In fact, I don't know of another combat launch of the 9x.