Update!
The patch released on 09/08/2024 has implemented the first attempt to address this issue.
Video
Whilst editing the recent video about the NaviGIB, based on a 1970 US AF article, I recorded some random footage to use as filler. I don’t use tracks to save time, so what you see is what I have seen live.
We all know that AI has superior Situational Awareness, but the fact that they know exactly they are the target of a missile is absurd. This is definitely not the first time I witnessed this, but it is the first time I have such clear footage, plus the description of the actual, real-life events:
“Suddenly, our F-105 support called two SAM launches, one at three o’clock and one at five. The lead in the first flight spotted one of the missiles, a non-tracker, coming through the clouds, but the other could not be seen. A moment later, a voice called, “Hondo flight, missile tracking three o’clock; take it down”.
All the aircraft immediately performed SAM evasive tactics.”
Why is this nonsense? Because, as you can see in the images above, at the moment, only the targeted aircraft defends, de facto removing a huge component of the effectiveness of SAM and Air Defences against strike formations.
Out of the twenty aircraft of the package flying very close to each other, only one defends!
And that’s not all. For example, albeit not captured here but easy to replicate, the AI knows when they have notched a missile, thus showing the simplistic implementation of Active radar-homing seekers: how can the AI possibly know which aircraft a FOX-3 pitbull in the middle of tight formation will chase? How can they turn hot again whilst the missile is still in front of them?
Check the following video at 10:20:
Anyway, ED is working on improving the AI of the ground units. Hopefully, they will then move to the aircraft’s side.
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