Pilots of Su-35S and Su-30SM2 fighters will be able to use air-to-air missiles R-37M and R-77-1 in jam homing mode in a potential air combat with American aircraft with F-16AM/C Block 52+. This is according to military expert Evgeny Damantsev.
According to him, F-16 aircraft will most likely be equipped with AIM-120D missiles, which have high flight performance at a distance of up to 160 km. Therefore, the main task of Russian pilots will be to destroy enemy aircraft with the very first missiles launched at a distance of 220 - 190 km before the F-16 reaches the effective range of the AIM-120D.
If the enemy carries out an anti-missile maneuver and evades the R-37M, then parity will be established between him and the Su-35S and Su-30SM2 fighters in long-range air combat, Damantsev emphasized.
Active radar homing heads 9B-1103M-350 developed by JSC "Agat" Research Institute of R-37M missiles, as well as active-passive radar homing heads 9B-1103M-200PS of R-77-1 missiles are capable of detecting the coordinates of operating electronic warfare systems and onboard radars AN/APG-66(V)2 of F-16 fighters, intercepting them in jam homing mode.
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