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shawn a:
I read something in the e-mailed Defense Industry Daily that our Sidewinders will ignore Western flares and instead home in on the aircraft, and that's what they were tested against, but when confronted with Russian flares (described as "dirty, smokey flares") the Sidewinders just "loved them" and went for the flares.
Perhaps something like that happened.

SukhoiLover:

--- Quote from: shawn a on November 30, 2012, 12:01:11 AM ---I read something in the e-mailed Defense Industry Daily that our Sidewinders will ignore Western flares and instead home in on the aircraft, and that's what they were tested against, but when confronted with Russian flares (described as "dirty, smokey flares") the Sidewinders just "loved them" and went for the flares.
Perhaps something like that happened.

--- End quote ---
Interesting information there, wonder why that would happen?

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