16-02-2024, 04:48 PM
(16-02-2024, 04:44 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Upon comparison, both the MiG-29 and F-16 emerge as far more successful aircraft than the F-18. Even today, they remain in limited-scale production for export, whereas the F-18 — despite being a newer design — was discontinued 24 years ago, back in 2000.The R-73 is an infrared homing (heat-seeking) missile with a sensitive, cryogenic cooled seeker with a substantial "off-boresight" capability:
Seeker can detect targets up to 40° off missile's centerline. It can be targeted by a helmet-mounted sight (HMS) allowing pilots to designate targets by looking at them...
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