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Shame the Sidewinder is an INFRARED AIR TO AIR missile, the Tornado ECM kit will not automatically lock onto a hand-held radar as the PFM would be recognised as a non-threat and also the aircraft would not likely to be flying live armed and even if it were there would not be an automatic launch capability enabled in peace time on a training exercise. The defence against radar threats is chaff not an air defence missile! Or at least it was on the Harrier up to last year.

So this sounds absolute bo**ox to me.

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Shame the Sidewinder is an INFRARED AIR TO AIR missile, the Tornado ECM kit will not automatically lock onto a hand-held radar as the PFM would be recognised as a non-threat and also the aircraft would not likely to be flying live armed and even if it were there would not be an automatic launch capability enabled in peace time on a training exercise. The defence against radar threats is chaff not an air defence missile! Or at least it was on the Harrier up to last year.

So this sounds absolute bo**ox to me.

Thats cleared that up :thumbup:

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I didn't think it was true.

I do know that the sidewinder isn't something you'd use to shoot down an incoming missile. Like you say Terry, thats what the chaffs for. And to fire anything you need pilot input. Even chaff.

I just thought it was amusing and made me chuckle.

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Not only that, but that story has been doing the rounds about the same length of time as the two RAF pilots in the porsche with night vision goggles :thumbup:

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