aarron@cs.city.ac.uk (Aarron Gull) (11/22/89)
From: Aarron Gull <aarron@cs.city.ac.uk>
Does anyone know the official (or unofficial) USAF/N tatics which
would be employed under the following circumstances ?
(1) A number of aircraft are on a strike mission when they detect,
via their radar warning receivers (RWRs), enemy radar emissions
(High-lark for example) to the rear. No visuals, however, are
obtained. Do the aircraft change course to counter the supposed threat ?
(2) Suddenly RWRs indicate that an enemy has locked onto the
aircraft. Do they:
(i) Ignore the threat, but keep an eye out for incoming missiles ? or
(ii) Change course to search for the supposed threat with radar ? or
(iii) Assume that missiles are in the air and take evasive action,
throwing out chaff to try to break the lock-on ?
I'm assuming that most RWRs can detect the general bearing/altitude of
incoming radar, but not the range. I don't know if infra-red detectors
will be any better.
Aarron