Can missiles be seen with the naked eye? It's difficult, what is generally seen with the naked eye is the smoke dragged by the tail of the missile, and in front of the smoke, it must be the missile, and the trajectory can be clearly seen.

The AIM-9L is a smokeless engine, and in flight, the tail does not drag smoke, so it stands to reason that it is difficult to see, although there is still a burning flame in the tail, but the missile is flying towards the opposite side, and the flame is in the rear.

In the sky, it is easiest to observe the trajectory of the thick smoke and dust after the missile flies by.

At the same time, the speed of the missile superimposed on the fighter, the fastest has reached Mach 2.7, plus the Su-15 flying on the opposite side, the relative speed of the two sides exceeds Mach 3, which is a thousand meters per second, and it is too difficult to capture.

However, Osipovich just saw it, and he actually used his sharpest eyes to capture the flying missile, which in addition to good eyesight, luck is also quite important.

But the dark shadow was moving too fast.

Osipovich did not dodge, many times, it is impossible to dodge, and the most dangerous and effective way to deal with this missile is to fly at it, and then turn sharply to dodge at the last moment.

The pointy-headed Su-15 headed towards the flying rattlesnake, and the distance between the two sides was rapidly shrinking.

In the seeker, the Su-15 is getting closer and larger, firmly occupying its field of vision, and in this case, the target should be 100% able to hit.

Osipovich's gaze was almost entirely on the flying black shadow, the rapid infrared missile, which would not trigger his radar warning receiver, but it was clearly displayed on his retina, Osipovich felt his heartbeat, unconsciously accelerating.

Whether it is head-on or tail-chasing, the timing of dodging infrared bombs is very important.

If you maneuver early, in the eyes of the missile, you are just going around in circles, consuming your precious energy, and you will still be hit by the missile in the end, which is futile.

If the maneuver is late, it has not had time to move, the opponent has already exploded, and even a fragment flying over will bring heavy losses to your own aircraft.

So, timing is of the utmost importance.

Osipovich's hand began to tremble slightly, so much so that he didn't want to stare at the missile anymore, but there was no way, he had to look.

And his wingman was also watching him, at this critical moment, at this life-and-death moment, neither of them actually looked at it, what about the Tomcat fighter?

Nathan didn't fly away.

The Sidewinder missile is absolutely fire-and-forget weapon, launching a missile, successfully containing two Su-15s, Nathan is able to continue to fly over the opponent's interception line and then escape.

But Nathan didn't, just after the launch, Nathan had already turned the nose of the plane and pounced on the second Su-15!

The opponent's two-plane formation was not far away, and Nathan only slightly modified the course.

The Soviets, who are so stupid, actually want to fly against their own missiles, haven't the other side heard of the inescapable zone of missiles? Or do you not know about the latest Sidewinder missile, the power range is already very long?

The Inescapable Zone, is a terrible legend, and if you are locked by a missile within this range, there is almost no chance of escape.

What's going on here? It's all about the comparison of data.

Fighters can maneuver to throw off missiles up to three times the number of G. The maneuverability of the fighter is limited by the human body at about 9G, which is still superimposed on the effect of anti-load clothing, and the AIM-9L has already reached the maneuvering overload of 35G.

What does this mean? It seems that as long as you are locked by the rattlesnake, there is no possibility of escape.

However, the data in it is watery, the so-called maneuvering overload 35G, that is in the stage of power range, and ordinary missiles, the engine can only work for a period of time, and then it enters the inertial flight stage, at this time, it will not be able to exert the overload of 35G.

For example, if it flies upwards, it loses speed, and when the speed drops, the natural maneuverability falls.

However, once locked in the power range, it is almost impossible to escape by maneuvering. This is known as the Inescapable Zone.

Just now, the two sides flew head-on, and Nathan deliberately launched at the same altitude, just to save the energy of the missile, and when launching, he deliberately narrowed the distance, and within the power range of the missile, the rattlesnake was fired.

The opponent may escape, but the odds are too small, and Nathan was not idle during this time, he continued to fly towards the opponent, and at the same time, converted his weapon to a cannon.

Nathan didn't use a second rattlesnake.

The missiles of this era, as well as that inherent feature, are to chase the largest heat source, even if they lock on to the second Su-15, when the missile is launched, it will definitely fly behind the butt of the first missile, so that the second missile will definitely be scrapped.

The Soviets were even more so, in order to better hit the target, infrared bombs and radar bombs were used together, but infrared bombs must be launched first, otherwise the infrared bombs will chase the butt of the radar bombs.

The two planes are relatively close, and after taking out the first one, it will definitely not be too late to lock the second one, as for the return struggle? Nathan didn't have that kung fu.

He had to take out the two oncoming planes with a quick and easy way, and kill them all with one face!

Only in this way can the other Soviets be shocked, just like those fierce generals in ancient times, they slapped their horses forward, and in one round, they poked the opponent off their horses.

Just after Nathan adjusted to the position of the cannon, that missile, for Osipovich, was already close at hand!

This is the time! Osipovich jerked his lever up, trying to get the Su-15 to climb upright, which was the easiest way to do it.

He turned on the afterburner, a blazing flame erupted from his tail, the earth in front of him vanished, and the sky beckoned to him.

Come on, climb with me!

In Osipovich's eyes, the flying missile had two results.

Either because he suddenly pulled up and disappeared from the opponent's field of vision, the opponent missed the target, or the opponent pulled up and climbed with him, because the missile consumes kinetic energy in the climb, and the speed is getting slower and slower, and finally it can't catch up and fall, after all, this is a low altitude, the atmosphere is very dense, and the resistance is large.

However, he would never have imagined that at this moment, there was a noise outside.

"Boom!" Sidewinder missiles, already exploded!

Not bad, it's already exploded.

Compared with the previous model of the radio proximity fuze, the current AIM-9L has adopted a new infrared proximity fuze, which consists of four infrared emitters and corresponding detectors to detect changes in the relative distance between the missile and the enemy aircraft.

Now, the relative distance is gradually getting closer, but it suddenly begins to get farther away, at this moment, the missile is immediately decided, the distance is very appropriate, you can't let the other party run away, detonate now!

The 11-kilogram continuous rod warhead and 200 titanium rods spread rapidly towards the surrounding airspace, superimposed with the speed of Mach 2 of the missile!