SpecOps87 : How can a heat-seeking missile be so agile and
perform so many manouvers to track the F/A-18 Super Hornet and
still accelerate and catch up with the plane before blowing the top
of,and sort of firing a shotgun at the wing and detonate? i realli
wonder...
Well, if you are talking about heat seakers in general, i would
say you are partly incorrect. Heat seakers are some of the most
maneuverable anti-aircraft missiles available today. Just do a
google search on missiles like russian R73, Igla or the israeli
python. If iam not wrong, the F18 in the movie was flying using its
afterburners, at low altitude and directly over the launch site. A
heat seaker would not have much of a problem tracking and locking
on to the f18 under these circumstances.
Like you, iam a bit sceptic about the "shotgun" detonation of the
missile even though there are certain missiles that are fitted with
"intelligent" warheads to cause max damage.
