Weapons Delivery
This section provides instruction on the steps needed to successfully deliver many types of weapons.
To employ a weapon, the pilot needs to execute the following steps:
• Detect the target
• Lock or designate the target
• Deploy weapon
Below are descriptions of the procedures needed to employ air-to-air weapons. This begins with
long-range weapons and concludes with short-ranged systems.
Beyond Visual Range Combat
Missile Engagement with Radar as the Active Sensor
Depending on the mission, target type, and jamming environment, you can use two primary radar
acquisition modes SCAN and TWS for long-range missile employment. The TWS mode provides
more detailed target information, permits a tactical situation picture to be displayed on the Head
Down Display (HDD), and can lock targets in an automated mode. However, it cannot be used to
detect targets in a heavy ECM environment or simultaneously detect high and low targets aspect. In
such a situation, it’s best to use SCAN mode. To search for both high and low targets aspect, use the
"АВТ" (AUTO) sub-mode. Using AUTO however incurs about a 25% reduction in detection range
compared to the "ППС" (Hi PRF) and "ЗПС" (Med PRF) sub-modes. If you already know the target
aspect, it is recommended to that you enter the appropriate sub-mode with the [RShift-I] key.
Target acquisition, locking and launching a missile consists of the following steps:
Step 1
To search for targets at long range, select the long range "ОБЗ" (SCAN) [2] mode, activate the
radar with the [I] key and to set the appropriate range scale on the HUD and HDD in km with the
[+] and [-] keys. If the situation permits, you may choose to enter "СНП" (TWS) mode by pressing
the [RAlt-I] key. Select the best missile for the range and target by cycling the [D] key and confirm
the selection on the HUD.
Step 2
Orient the radar azimuth scan zone in the direction of the target. The azimuth scan zone moves
discretely and has three positions: central ±30 degrees, left –60 - 0 degrees and right 0 - +60
degrees. If the target is out of the central ±30 degrees zone, then it is required to move the scan
zone to the left or right with the [RShift-,] or [RShift-/] keys.
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