plawolf
Lieutenant General
Night time intercept so missile was used, otherwise I'm sure they would have loved to get some gunnery practice and save themselves some $$$.
This is where the lack of IRST and HMD is telling, as they should have been able to easily do a night time gun kill with that combo.
They could still have had a go as well with NVGs, but that would have been a bit more risky as the lighter NVGs won't have anything like the range and resolution as a dedicated IRST, so they would have had to get a lot closer to the target.
Any more details on if it was ground based radar, AWACS or the fighters themselves that detected the drone?
This is where the lack of IRST and HMD is telling, as they should have been able to easily do a night time gun kill with that combo.
They could still have had a go as well with NVGs, but that would have been a bit more risky as the lighter NVGs won't have anything like the range and resolution as a dedicated IRST, so they would have had to get a lot closer to the target.
Any more details on if it was ground based radar, AWACS or the fighters themselves that detected the drone?