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I remember being reported that SR-71 missile evasion procedure was simply to "accelerate and outpace". But I cannot find it in the manual :( !
by fabiensanglard 7y ago
I remember being reported that SR-71 missile evasion procedure was simply to "accelerate and outpace". But I cannot find it in the manual :( !
- jimktrains2 7y agoI just finished "Skunk Works" by Ben Rich. I believe he said something similar in there, but I would have to find the exact quote.
- cblades 7y agoI don't know if that would be in the flight manual. Presumably that's more a tactical/combat doctrine type thing.
- sandworm101 7y agoWould totally depend on the missile and where it is coming from. Anything behind ... acceleration wouldn't matter as few missiles would have been fast enough to close the gap. Missiles to the side would be outrun. Missiles from the front are another story. A missile rising up from a point in front of the aircraft is a deadly threat. It doesn't even have to match velocity to make a kill. In short: acceleration for missiles below and to the sides. Stuff in front, time to turn. Stuff behind, forget about it.
- iscrewyou 7y agoThis is what you are looking for: http://www.onceagreenberet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sr71.html http://www.onceagreenberet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/sr...
- apk17 7y agoTo think of it - I might have heard these two pass by. Not on that flight, but I lived with my parents in northern germany, not far from the danish border, and en route from the north to the baltic sea and on to russia. I often heard the badam, accompanied by a creak of the wooden roof.