Here`s what`s embarrassing!
First you say that our S-125 system used thermal camera on that strike corridor and managed to get lucky which of course has nothing to do with reality, though it has everything to do with your wild fantasies!
Than you talk about some radar snap shot and luck?!
The target was detected at about 50-60km away and here is how this system works:
“The SNR-125 “Low Blow” radar is designed to acquire targets using only bearing and range inputs from an external 2D acquisition radar, such as a P-12/18 “Spoon Rest” or P-15M “Squat Eye”. When acquiring a target, the Low Blow radar head is rotated to the target bearing and the UV-10 antenna scanning feed engaged to produce a 1° wide pencil beam swept in elevation.
Once the target is acquired the Low Blow is switched into tracking mode, using the UV-10 antenna to transmit, the UV-10 to receive for ranging, and the scanning UV-11 chevron receive antennas for angle tracking. The radar head is mechanically steered in azimuth and elevation to maintain track. “Low Blow” provides manual tracking and automatic tracking.”
You need to detect target, you need to track it and you need to guide the missile till impact. In war conditions that demands high level of training, time and effort and there is nothing “snappy” about it specially when you have limited time of about 20 seconds in order not to be hit by anti radiation missile. The same crew is credited with a F-16 kill and few more hits and at the same time they managed to evade more than 20 HARM attacks. That`s not luck, that it is what highly professional and motivated team is about to do with military tech from 60`s!
F-117 couldn`t be engaged at much longer distance because effective range of the S-125 system is very limited. In ideal conditions max range of the rocket is not that greater than distance at F-117 is being shot and of course in real war conditions its effective range drops.
Than you say that pilot did not maneuver because he didn`t want to “disturb” planes stealth characteristics.
The best indicator there is, that tells you your stealth is compromised is RWR confirmation that you are being locked on and missiles going your way and the worst thing you can do is to remain to fly strait. If the pilot did that, well the result is obvious. If he did maneuver, the F-117 is basically a flying brick and it is in great disadvantage compared to classic fighter planes. There are countless times when the F-16 pilots brake the lock by violent maneuvering.
And the F-117 was hit by the first rocket, not the second. Our “gunman” were laughing when they heard pilots story about first rocket missing and second hitting the plane. The reason for that lies in the fact that second missile didn`t even acquire the target and went strait ballistic, but I guess you know better, do you!
Oh dear, you still want to show your lack of knowledge. Yes I do know better, the F-117 does not have an rwr installed.
That rather knocks your point out of the water doesn’t it.
So please do carry on giving us something to laugh about or go away and chat with your imaginary friends.
No skin off my nose, you were the one he made an insulting and patronising dismissal of my first point. If you had been slightly more polite I might well of been inclined to be nicer. I am happy to have a constructive debate, how about you?
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