The ALQ-184 makes me invincible, roger

@@desertsaker196 whadda you mean?? You don’t need an ECM pod when you always have trees between you and the SAM site!

Don't need jammer if you're going mach 1.5+ 20 feet off the ground. -Viggen.

@@Spudknocker this is true

Make the lights only a difference with humans or with the AI too?

Exactly, idk why anyone wouldn't use the wings first fuel mode and get rid of the extra weight and drag as soon as possible.

Not to mention with them finally adding wing ripping to the f16, the wing tanks being empty can make you quite a maneuverable aircraft.

Spud is the updated version of Kortana. Saker is the ikea brand AI

Long time dream, dedicated ECM/ECCM operations. I get its classified but...not even Vietnam Era? Maybe Coldwar? Desert Storm?

I imagine you're referring to the RWR warnings, which are not tied to the ECM pod at all. There is a volume panel on the left console. One is labeled threat. Use that to turn down the RWR warnings.

Spud tends to list out the real life capabilities regardless of how they are modeled in DCS. Defer to Red Kite if you prefer a more accurate video of how to employ the system in DCS.

the Growler is not coming in our lifetimes lmfao

Maybe an AI Prowler at best.

Well, they did tease an A-6/EA-6 in the end of year video.

Are you playing the beta? If not, in steam theirs an option in the steam library to install the beta. If stand-alone, it’s pretty straight forward.

I found it, it isn't under CMDS it shows under Countermeasures. Finally!

It's only in open beta at the moment.

@@raven229a6 thank you for answer.

The SA-2 actually has very simplistic RFCG guidance in it's initial versions (who knows now, after multiple decades of upgrades...). The receiver for which are simple dipole antenna on the nose. Being a two stage missile, the weapon could not shield these command guidance uplink antenna on the back of the first stage tail and the second stage already places a tracking beacon here. The Schmel radio proximity fusing system was in the nose and since the missile includes a command-detonation function (for range safing and nuclear versions) it 'made sense' to place the RFCG aerials in the nose were ground radars could easily be seen, past the EM noisy plasma tail of the liquid fueled sustainer. Except... When B-52 formations started encountering the Guideline during Arc Lights, they casually jammed the uplink ('missile activity light') as well as the search radar and the threat went away because the Jammer strobe went in the same command guidance antenna and the distance of up to 8 miles vertically and 15 miles horizontally also put a lot of IBJ or Gate Steal stress on the Fan Song automatic tracking systems. With the missile essentially functioning on CLOS from a radar which was jammed white, this two-pronged electronic attack seemed guaranteed to destroy missile effectiveness. Except... By the time Linebacker rolled around, some clever soul had discovered that the RFCG could be set to home on a signal above the missile (repolarized the dipoles), whether the radar could see it or not. Much unpleasantness occurred during the Christmas raids when jammers became beacons. Ordinarily, the relatively slow angular maneuver rate of the missile meant it would fly right out the other side of the strobe and miss-ile the target bomber. But when it didn't... The SAM's proximity fuse triggers the 440lb warhead at a considerable distance and it blows a frag pattern forward, like a shotgun along the missile flight path, until it intersects the bomber, anything up to several hundred feet away. By leading their volley fired SAM like a thrown football, enough of the missiles would capture the jammer strobe early enough (as the bombers turned to come off target they sprayed RFCM energy across the sky from their fixed antenna depression angles while slowing their over-ground speed to a crawl for a few key moments) such that the HOJ modified missiles could lock onto the strobe and beam ride it, right up into the formation. Where the explosion of the SAM could strike the X108 Mk.82/M117 bombs which were located in the bomb bays just ahead of the jammer package (ALQ-117 IIRR) and on wing pylons of the B-52D. The resulting double explosion would light up the sky over Hanoi or Haiphong for MILES as the bombers took literally a minute or more to spiral in from 35,000ft to the ground, burning the whole distance. www.historynet.com/the-11-day-war.htm www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/vietnam-war/harrowing-audio-of-b-52s-bombing-hanoi/2849297403001 www.ausairpower.net/APA-S-75-Volkhov.html

Ehhh… probably not soon haha

Yep! Just couldn’t get to it today!

@@Spudknocker looking forward to it

You can carry up to 4 AMRAAMs on a ground attack mission or up to 6 for a Counter Air mission!

@@Spudknocker I meant per side. I was in a server and the Israeli Vipers has racks that allowed 6 per side. All things considered I'd have purchased the Hornet despite its shortcomings do to my enjoyment of strike missions and the fact that they seem to have at least marginally more legs. I'm aware they dont have the escape abilities the Viper does but when cornered loaded down with a strike package the Viper has to dump everything to have a chance anyway.

Well, you learn to use your weapons effectively in the Viper (because you must, lol). And that helps in other aircraft that carry more load.

Fuel management & AAR.