In 1999 Yugoslav MiG-29 were easily downed by AMRAAM. The AMRAAM would approach, turn on its active radar seeker close in. The RWR only had a brief moment to alert the pilots before the missile would impact.
Some recent aircraft EW suites can actually detect AAM mid-course datalinks. Eurofighter is supposed to be able to do this, as SPECTRA covers the same frequencies I’m guessing it can also detect AAM datalinks.
The MiG-35 SOAR passive MAWS is rated against 10 km MANPAD, 30 km AAM, 50 km SAM – they’ll detect the initial launch of a missile at these ranges. SPECTRA also uses a passive MAWS, whereas Eurofighter went with an active one.
In the scenario above, the Rafale SPECTRA has already detected the APG-63/70 radar whilst its in search mode, detects the mid-course AMRAAM datalink and alerts the pilot (or if close enough the MAWS detects the missile launch).
I’m unsure of OSF laser rangefinder range, but it would only be 10-20 km?
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