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The air at 20km, where the MiG-25 makes Mach 3 is substantially thinner than at sea level where the MiG makes about 1200km/h.

Exactly! "Foxbat" could speed up on high altitude, therefore it reaches + 300 degrees Celcius and more than 3000 km/h (where VEGA hits +4.5 Max), so why the missile couldn't sustain 3000 km/h ot 1000 meters where MiG had 1200 km/h? We knew that in program 1, the missile accelerates slowly... Anyway, one F-14 is down, now will try to rape some A-7...

I feel sorry for the radar reflector. But an interesting thing about this shooting is that the nuclear blast actually took out my second missile!

Also, just playing around:

The missile exploded and I head a big bang. However, I wasn't taken out! I then dialed the range bore-sight down to as low as it can go, and I heard an explosion, but I wasn't taken out. Probably just the beta version.

This deserves a double post!



First time I have seen the words, Habu killed on my screen.

1, Congratulation for the OPF shot!
(In reality it was never achieved)

Must have reading for the insights...
http://narod.ru/disk/11803446001/%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%8F%2086.djvu.html




2, Vega missile is accelerating over Mach6 at high altitude, where the MiG-25 can achieve Mach3 only.
Vega missile is accelerating over Mach3 at low altitude, where the MiG-25 can achieve bit over Mach1 only.

Nose overheat was a big real issue during development, and several test shots was failed due the nosecone faliure.
Please observe, that overheat caused by air friction is much higher at low altitude.

3,The missile exploded and I head a big bang. However, I wasn't taken out! I then dialed the range bore-sight down to as low as it can go, and I heard an explosion, but I wasn't taken out. Probably just the beta version.

Nuclear explosion will take out your SAM missiles also.
You can alwasy hear the BIG Nuclear BANG, just wait for its sound to arrive...
... our missiles are travelling with Mach2~3, while the BANG never achieves more than Mach1.

To hear a Nuclear Detonation at 25km, you need to wait more than a minute after the explosion...

4, Launching 3 V-760 missile against one SR71 is a real overkill.
I should add nuclear radiation exposure calculation for your site after nukeig half Vietnam...

Being a sound wave, it does of course travel at the speed of sound... however, the local pressure is so much higher at short distances that close the the detonation the velocity is somewhat higher than the nominal maximum of 340.5 m/s - this influence rapidly falls away as the pressure reduces with the cube of distance, and for all practical purposes the 'normal rule' applies for longer distances.

This is true of all explosions, but the difference is only significant for larger events where the really high pressure extends for more than a trivial distance. Overall, I'd be surprised if it was more than 1 second earlier for any practical device, but just nitpicking the 'never more than Mach 1'

For example, a 6kt warhead's blast wave will reach 610m in the first second.
BLAST.EXE (a 'certified' Dos based blast effects calculator for nuclear weapons effects)

I used these theories to calculate Nuclear Bomb Effects:

http://www.makeitlouder.com/document_bombshockwaveestimation.html
for normalizing the over speed of sound shock-wave for Mach1 you mentioned.

http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/effects/
For Nuclear Bomb Effect calculation.

As the Russians considered 6km safety distance for the V-760 (15kt) missile, and Mr. William Hamby III, Ph.E.'s theory would result 5.93km distance for maximum window glass breaking level, I considered it close enough for the SIM.

I didn't understand - is nuclear fireball simulated on the screen? the only thing I saw is that target and missiles disappeared?

2, Vega missile is accelerating over Mach6 at high altitude, where the MiG-25 can achieve Mach3 only.
Vega missile is accelerating over Mach3 at low altitude, where the MiG-25 can achieve bit over Mach1 only.

That's why she is 3 Mach, not 6 Mach, right?
I believe that below 80 km range (Program 1), much more effect has the curvative efect of the ground.
Looking at the pictures about Libya, seems they tossed those HARM's from about 55 km, after quick climb to increase his range...

Please check...

Chapter X � Radio and Radar Effects
Effects on Radio and Radar Signals 479
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/effects/eonw_10.pdf#zoom=100

Nuclear fireball is opaque for radar.

So, which is appropriate for the S-75M's transmition? Is it 1."Impenetrable" or 2."Not reflecting"?

P.S. I am not fluent in english, so a bit easier explanation could be better for me...

@piston, I was more asking why nothing happened when an explosion took place below the safety zone. That thing exploded only 1-2km away from me if not less! I should have been hit by the shock wave before the sound came in. But I was still fully functioning.

quite interesting pdf above;

about opaque; as i understood radar waves are absorbed in that area - not reflecting.
its kinda void/black hole for radars.

edit; is this effect also related to plasma stealth?


not sure i understood this one; is this simulated / affect volhov radar?

Right, opaque usually refers to absorbers of radiant energy (light, radar waves, etc.). NOT things that allow for such waves to pass through an object. Pretty sure that hpasp is saying that it is a "black hole" on radar.

The question is rather what effect of this nuclear-tipped missiles.

I do not understand.

Yesterday I tried did not work in any way to run these missiles.

As I understand it must be some settings Tumblers from the Volkhov.

And what effect is achieved I do not quite understand the prompt!

In the missile-760 is only at the Volkhov, it is active, the Dvina is not active.

As I tried to run yesterday, nothing happened, I started all toggle switch which is still no start.

And what effect is achieved by firing a missile that B-760?

I'll upload a picture of what needs to be switched later today.

RA-6 Warhead of the V-760 15D (Guideline Mod.4) - Nuclear tipped SAM Missile, for the S-75M3 Volhov (SA-2E Guideline) system.

Scratch that, I'll upload a picture soon. Ran out of time!

Very nice updates. I'm really enjoying the 3D AAR feature!

For whoever asked how to launch a nuke:
1. Locate the fuse selector switch and rotate it all the way to the right.


2. Select one of the two rightmost guidance methods.


After that you're able to launch.


Looks like a duck shoot to me.

13:46 24th of March, 1986.
Operation Prairie Fire

S-200VE Vega-E


00:04:37, Missile launched from launcher-1
Target distance: 85km
Target azimuth: 12�
Target elevation: 2�
Target angular speed: 275m/s (0.9 Mach)
Target altitude: 4.5km
RPC mode: MHI - Narrow Beam
GSN mode: Acquire target before launch
Received signal strength: 39dB


00:04:46, Missile launched from launcher-2
Target distance: 83km
Target azimuth: 12�
Target elevation: 2�
Target angular speed: 277m/s (0.9 Mach)
Target altitude: 4.5km
RPC mode: MHI - Narrow Beam
GSN mode: Acquire target before launch
Received signal strength: 39.2dB


00:05:45, Missile exploded
F-14B Tomcat killed by SAM. (miss distance: 3m)

Total, SNR On Air Time: 2min 18sec

Volkhov could bring it without nuclear warhead...

- nice shots from S-25, SA/S-75, S-125...

Please observe the Vega effective destruction area.
(The purple part of the upper picture, is where your missiles overheat...)



Here was written that purple area is "Below horizon blind zone"... Could you help with some sources about heating?