and how do you know all that was any help : they never showed the Early warning readings. all we got is this footage and the pilot acount, plus in the audio one wingman was shot..so he may not even have been the target on lock besides being tracked. Considering how many tornados were hit i doubt all that manouver would help.
Of the 3 Tornados lost to SAMs in the 1991 Gulf War, two were on the low level airfield strikes in the first couple of nights (where vertical proximity to the launcher and relatively low energy state at low level would have shortened available reaction and maneuver time). Once the Coalition switched medium/high altitude attacks, only one more Tornado was lost to SAMs.
Additionally, the Tornado is less maneuverable than the F-16, and as far as I know, no US aircraft were downed by radar-guided SAMs in the Persian Gulf War (one was shot down by a MiG-25 on the first night, and the rest of the US losses were to AAA or IR SAMs/MANPADs).
Beyond that, how do we know maneuver defeated the missiles? Because we can see it/hear it on the HUD tape. I am not sure what further evidence we would expect.
plus that is early 90s with 80s hardware....that #%&*$# doesnt stick today.
Modern SAMs (such as the S-400 or Patriot) presumably have much more effective and efficient guidance hardware and software and longer-ranged missiles in most cases, so I would guess correct to a degree. However, as pointed out above, physics still apply, and, considering that on board countermeasures as well as SEAD/DEAD tactics and weapons would also evolved since the Cold War, I doubt even modern SAMs would prove reliable 1-shot, 1-kill weapons.
