Air-to-Air BVR Duel, 2022


This series of Quick Battles is intended to serve as a laboratory to examine how technology, tactics, and doctrine affect Beyond Visual Range (BVR) fighter-versus-fighter combat in CMO.

This plane set represents the present day, as of the early 2020s. More true low observable generation 5 fighters have been introduced around the world, albeit in modest numbers. Meanwhile, technology such electronically scanned array (ESA) / low probability of intercept (LPI) radar, new longer range and more accurate ARH missiles, towed & active decoys, improved IRST/EO sensors, and improved ECM are being introduced onto the generation 4 and 4.5 platforms that still constitute the bulk of the world's fighter forces- both as upgrades and through new production blocks. The varying degree to which these technologies have been adopted -or not- by the world's air forces have led to a wide spectrum of capability. In this era, perhaps more so than before, a technologically inferior competitor may lose the fight before they even detect their adversary.

Your aircraft are flights of x

Your adversary controls flights of x

Your combat location is

Switch airfields?

Starting seperation nm

Starting altitude : feet

Enemy altitude : feet

Your flight's formation is

Friendly aircraft spacing within flight : x 250m (approx.)

Enemy flight's formation is

Enemy aircraft spacing within flight : x 250m (approx.)

Enemy flight's initial speed/throttle is

Your pilots skill level is

Your adversary's skill level is

Your adversary's rules of engagement are

Your default BVR missiles' WRA Range is % of Max (0-100%)

Your default WVR missiles' WRA Range is % of Max (0-100%)

Your adversary's BVR missiles' WRA Range is % of Max (0-100%)

Your adversary's WVR missiles' WRA Range is % of Max (0-100%)

Your default BVR logic is

Your adversary's BVR logic is

Your automatic evasion state is

Your adversary's automatic evasion state is

Your default EMCON state is

Your adversary's EMCON state is

Your side ignores plotted course when attacking?

Your adversary ignores plotted course when attacking?

The Month is

The UTC Time is

The Date format is

Weather is:

Database is

Year is

The cutoff max range for a missile to be considered "BVR" is

Debug Mode 2 (Switch to OPFOR side)

Debug Mode 3 (Display Centerpoint RP)

Debug Mode 4 (Print TOD and temperature info)

Debug Mode 5 (Print WRA info)