Anyway, he SIM proves to me that any claims from Libians (and some russian sources) that NAVY losts F-14 in those engagements, are just propaganda....
To be fair, on the screen, that Big Positive Spike (Missile) does seem to overlap the Negative Spike (Target) and disappear, then the 2nd Positive Spike also seems to overlap, just like you might expect for a hit. It is only when you go to the Magical Plotting screen (a facility open only to us) and see no X, then run out to Google Earth do you realize the missile crapped out by
kilometers...
13:46 24th of March, 1986.
Operation Prairie Fire
S-200VE Vega-E
00:04:21, Missile launched from launcher-1
Target distance: 89km
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: 38.5dB
00:04:31, Missile launched from launcher-2
Target distance: 87km
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: 38.8dB
00:04:42, Missile launched from launcher-3
Target distance: 84km
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: 39.1dB
00:05:07, Missile launched from launcher-4
Target distance: 81km
Target azimuth: 12‹
Target elevation: 1‹
Target angular speed: -154m/s (-0.6 Mach)
Target altitude: 2.5km
RPC mode: MHI - Narrow Beam
GSN mode: Vcr<0
Received signal strength: 39.4dB
00:05:28, Missile exploded
F-14B Tomcat killed by SAM. (miss distance: 3m)
Total, SNR On Air Time: 5min 48sec
