2008_RAND_Pacific_View_Air_Combat_Briefing

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Déjà Vu All Over Again? The BVR PuzzleUnclassified/FOUO/Sensitive• U.S. went into Vietnam relying on AIM-7 asmain air-to-air missile– Pre-war estimated Pk: 0.70– Demonstrated Pk: 0.08– MiG 100 times likelier to make it toclose fight than expected• Current AIM-120 has demonstrated ~0.59pK in combat to date– 17 missiles fired for 10 kills– What does that really mean?AIM-7AIM-120Air Combat PPF 20
The History of BVR EmploymentUnclassified/FOUO/Sensitive• Since the advent of BVR missiles, 588air-to-air kills have been recorded byBVR-equipped forces– 24 have been BVR**Note: Russian sources claim 4 additional unconfirmedBVR kills by SAF in 1982http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-23Air Combat PPF 21
Page 1 and 2: Air Combat Past, Present and Future
Page 3 and 4: Legacy of Desert StormUnclassified/
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Page 23 and 24: The History of BVR EmploymentUnclas
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Page 29 and 30: The Numbers GameUnclassified/FOUO/S
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F-86 Armament a Key FactorUnclassif
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Attacking PLAAF Bases Circa 2020SA-
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