MinorFragile t1_j200lhc wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:50 PM

Reply to comment by monkeywithgun in China carries out military exercises near Taiwan and Japan, sending 47 aircraft across Taiwan Strait in 'strike drill' | CNN by NeverEndingDClock

Are there not missiles that can seek targets over horizon that can be fired from here?

I’m unsure of the name of the YouTube channel but it’s like a mapped battle sim and information is put in with weapon types/ranges/functionality and many of the fights turn real and raw real quick when the deaths mount. It goes in depth of jets diving and averting missiles and accounts for missiles that have better acquisition measures.

monkeywithgun t1_j20dtbo wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:17 PM

Nothing prepares you for the death of your wingmen and the adrenaline of avoiding your own death under fire. There is no accurate way to predict how pilots who have never seen combat will react when their planes start falling from the sky, especially when 'all' your pilots are green. You can game it out all you want, that's just not reality.