Chaff/Flare vs F4EJ

[CharChar]

Do countermeasures even work? Their radar tracks perfectly no matter what I do.

[Jaes]

Yes it works. However, it only works in a limited manner. When you deploy chaff, you move away from it. Once you reach X distance from your chaff, the opponent can re-lock onto your radar signature. You need to continue to deploy CMs to ensure a reliable radar break so you can:

A. Merge with the attacker without dying

B. Counter-lock your pursuer and hit them before they hit you.

[SteelWolf45]

Originally posted by 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓴𝓮:

Originally posted by Jaes:

Yes it works. However, it only works in a limited manner. When you deploy chaff, you move away from it. Once you reach X distance from your chaff, the opponent can re-lock onto your radar signature. You need to continue to deploy CMs to ensure a reliable radar break so you can:

A. Merge with the attacker without dying

B. Counter-lock your pursuer and hit them before they hit you.

It's not true

Got some proof there bud? This has some strong "Just trust me bro!" vibes.

[Futuristic Hexagon]

It works.

Used it in the F-5C quite a few times.

Just need to also add effective evasive maneuvers against it too though.

[Jaes]

Originally posted by 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓴𝓮:

Originally posted by Jaes:

Yes it works. However, it only works in a limited manner. When you deploy chaff, you move away from it. Once you reach X distance from your chaff, the opponent can re-lock onto your radar signature. You need to continue to deploy CMs to ensure a reliable radar break so you can:

A. Merge with the attacker without dying

B. Counter-lock your pursuer and hit them before they hit you.

It's not true

Not true? My radar locks get broken all the time thanks to chaff and I break radar locks all the time with my chaff.

Whether you're referring to a plane-to-plane radar lock (the point of chaff so they can't launch a missile at you) or a missile-to-plane lock, that's an entirely different matter.

You cannot defeat a missile-to-plane lock with chaff alone, you need to notch it or bleed it of energy so it can't maneuver with you after it's gone through its burn time.