While the educated user might ask, why aircraft so disabled like the MiG-23MS get involved in such an engagement. Furthermore, in order to find the F-14 and take a direct course on them, they either need a radar with limited look down capabilities or ground guidance.
Ground guidance was unavailable after the F-14 went to 3000ft.The only thing that truly remains strange is the motivation of the pilots in the MiGs. They surely were no novices, and the whole situation was somehow planned (the F-14s did not enter Lybian airspace). So, if a planned mission was executed by the Lybians they either were very stupid or did underestimate the American superiority.
question why there are pictures of F-18s and MiG-23MS and videos of Libyan MiG-25s and MiG-23s and later the F-14s fight them? is not wierd there are pictures like this?
Why the Mig-23ML did not fire their R-24s or R-23s? if they can even fire them with their IRST systems
F-14s kill MiG-23s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj0HctAs8TA
ACIG believes that the MLs were likely based at al Bumbah, which was primarily a Syrian-crewed unit:
http://www.s188567700.online.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=105
If that’s true then they could have been there as far back as 1989 as the two FLOGGERs blown apart by the USN were seen to be toting R-23 or R-24 AAMs. They may have been Syrian aircraft transferred to Libya as replacements for the FLOGGERs donated by Libya to Syria in the early 80’s.
yeah another new theory, the MiG-23s are in two different films, in one at long range and in another the MiG-23 appears very close and later when the missile hits it is very far. I have shown you a supposedly close up that i have already attached in one of my previous posts http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=165084&d=1220568344, how you do know it is not an edited video i can show you another video where you have a MiG-23 and MiG-25, the MiG-25 is also flying very close and also trying to avoid the chasing US navy plane, by the way the quality of the film is bad enough to make you see nothing beyong a wing pylon
If you read the Russian wikipedia it says the following
Ливия заявила, что МиГи являлись безоружными разведсамолётами, однако съёмки бортовых камер F-14 показывали, что истребители были вооружены ракетами Р-23 (впрочем, ливийцы так и не открыли огня). Инцидент не имел каких-либо долговременных последствий. Достаточно большую известность получили съёмки бортовых камер F-14 в ходе боя, сопровождающиеся записью радиопереговоров экипажей.
That Libya stated these were unarmed recce MiG-23s, however the F-14 gun sight camera showed R-23s, but surprisingly the MiG-23s did not open fire.
This russian article is a bit contradictory with other Russian ones since it questions the fact they were MiG-23MS but raises the questions why they did not fire?
The video you have posted does not show any incoming missile besides what the pilots says.
If it is true there is not a monolithic account also in russian sources, the reality is difficult to show the MiG-23s were really carrying the R-23s and understand why the MiG-23s never fired back?
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%B2_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0
See however the Russian wikipidea is quoting a western source
http://www.ka8vit.com/sd/shootdown.htm
however airwar.ru has a different account
При сходных обстоятельствах в том же районе, над заливом Сидра, F-14 с авианосца “Кеннеди” сбили 4 января 1989 г. два ливийских МиГ-23МС.
It says that on simialr circustances in the Gulf of Sidra on January 4 1989, F-14s from the aircraft carrier Kennedy shot down two Libyan MiG-23MS
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