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Or you can use the thermal mid range missile for Sukhoi that the Russians love and you never have any detection warning ever. From lock to impact :) I love tho

• ummonk 5y ago
  You can still have launch warning systems though, no? Same as against MANPADS and the like.
  • nazka 5y ago
    No no warning at all. The only thing that can give you a warning with the old missile at least is the engine leave a smoke trail so you have to look around and you may dodge it. The thing is compare to radar, for IR since your aircraft already emit them from the heat the IR tracking system doesn’t need to emit anything but only to receive. So there is no way to detect that someone is « locking » you. You are already emitting your own lock from your own heat the enemy just need to have the tool to see you.
    • ummonk 5y ago
      Missile approach warning systems are definitely a thing.