still 60 km is far away from the kill zone of missile having range of 100km. one can easily dodge it.
If you know it's coming, than maybe...
still 60 km is far away from the kill zone of missile having range of 100km. one can easily dodge it.
design limitation it's displacement is up to 7000tn to carry more missiles a completely new submarine has to be designed.I think it's more a case of weak opposition ( Su-22, L-39, MiG-23, Su-24 ) and it's bad situational awareness, so Turkish/US fighters can get closer than they need than anything else... Or, a cat playing with the mouse. I'm surprised they didn't went for a gun kill...
It's more to ensure a no escape zone. Even with high speed missiles like amraam the opposing plane can still have a good chance to escape the oncoming missile by simply out running it. So in reality pilots tend to fire their missiles well within their state max range to ensure a successful hit. Even advanced missiles like the meteor has a NEZ of a stated 60km and a maximum range of 150km , and that is considered the biggest among current missiles.I think it's more a case of weak opposition ( Su-22, L-39, MiG-23, Su-24 ) and it's bad situational awareness, so Turkish/US fighters can get closer than they need than anything else... Or, a cat playing with the mouse. I'm surprised they didn't went for a gun kill...