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And there are ways to defeat missiles. But not when you’re caught with your pants down.
“Typically” or at least what you would expect from two major powers. Is that you see the other plane on radar long before you ever see it with your eyes. You’ll fire long range missiles, you assume they did the same. And then you start defensive maneuvers to bleed the missile out of energy.
And if you’re so close to that IR seeking missiles are an option. You’ll probably have to pre-flare a lot hoping their missiles lock on to your flares instead of you.
As to your theoretical idea. It is unfortunately not theoretically possible either. And you’ll just have to take my word for it. But I don’t think neither humans or aircrafts could survive the loads required
Some planes also have thrust vectoring.
And there are ways to defeat missiles. But not when you’re caught with your pants down.
“Typically” or at least what you would expect from two major powers. Is that you see the other plane on radar long before you ever see it with your eyes. You’ll fire long range missiles, you assume they did the same. And then you start defensive maneuvers to bleed the missile out of energy.
And if you’re so close to that IR seeking missiles are an option. You’ll probably have to pre-flare a lot hoping their missiles lock on to your flares instead of you.
As to your theoretical idea. It is unfortunately not theoretically possible either. And you’ll just have to take my word for it. But I don’t think neither humans or aircrafts could survive the loads required