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Also, pilots generally need to fire a certain number of missiles every year just to stay in training. At least this saves the additional cost of a drone (the us
by Turing_Machine 4y ago
Also, pilots generally need to fire a certain number of missiles every year just to stay in training. At least this saves the additional cost of a drone (the usual target for training missions, I think).
- thrill 4y agoNo, they don't. Most peacetime pilots would likely fire one missile during their entire careers if they were lucky.
- Turing_Machine 4y agoYes, they do. The USAF has purchased more than 10,000 of the AIM-9X model alone (not counting the other operators, domestic and foreign, and not counting all the other variants of the Sidewinder, the basic model of which has been in service since the 1950s). That's a helluva lot more than "one per career". https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/Air-Air-Missiles-Takes-Delivery-10000th-AIM-9X/Tue-06292021-0652 https://www.navair.navy.mil/news/Air-Air-Missiles-Takes-Deli... 1
- thrill 4y agoNo, they don't. I did this for a career.