Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Anything could get into a firing solution, especially carrying an AIM-54 - - JUST GET OUT IN FRONT POINTING AT IT!
Of course intercept doesn't nescessarily mean join up in formation - that is just one type of intercept.
Yes - BB seemed to be talking about testing F-14s coming off the production line - but *intercepting* anything didn't require launching from the mainland for the mighty Turkey.
Not sure what you meant about supersonic intercepts being very difficult to run to a firing solution. In what way?
When you have a target coming at you at Mach 2.2 and 60,000 plus feet the solution window for a valid shot is very small. Even a small course change by the target may make a solution impossible. The window is probably 95 percent smaller then for a shot at a mach 1 target at 40,000 feet.