February 10, 2005 at 3:22 pm
hi,
this is a hypothetical scenario b/w soviet mig-23s and f-16s in the 1980s.when the AIM-120AMRAAM was not in use.The numerical advantage soviets enjoyed on the central front,was roughly 5:2 over the NATO f-16s based in europe.(not all the USAF f-16s)
Even if 1 out of 10 AA-7s launched by the 5 migs score a hit that would leave 1 f-16 against five floggers. 😀 in the 80s floggers enjoyed a firstlook firstshoot advantage over the f-16s.