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...successful Israeli air strikes on Syrian SA-6 mobile missiles in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley demonstrated that modern air war is as much a matter of computer array v5. computer array as man against...
...four separate enemy aircraft and also have been alerted by a flashing light and beeping in his headset if an SA-6 radar locked on to his jet. The F-15's computerized electronic countermeasure (ECM) equipment would have taken over, perhaps electronically "disguising" the F-15 to Syrian radar, then determining which enemy threat was the most immediate. If a jet-propelled SA-6 were fired, traveling toward the Israeli plane at 2,000 m.p.h., the jet's ECM would have singled it out for intense electronic jamming, trying to overcome the SAM'S own antijamming...
When stalking Syrian fighters, an F-16 pilot, again using the HUD windshield images, had only to position a computer-generated "tracerline" over the MiG and fire his machine-cannon for one second; 100 20-mm rounds would have streaked toward the enemy jet. However, many of the downed MiGs were apparently hit by the latest model of the Sidewinder missile, which is being used effectively by British Sea Harriers in the Falkland Islands. The weapon adjusts its aim in flight with an extremely sensitive infrared homing system that guides the warhead toward the enemy jet at 1,650 m.p.h...
...miles away. In addition, Israel's pilots are among the best in the world. No fighter pilots have more intensive training-in ground practice with computerized simulators, in mock air battles against captured MiGs and in actual combat. If the Israeli claims that they destroyed 79 Syrian aircraft in last week's battles while losing only one themselves are to be believed, the training has paid...
...P.L.O. forces capable of shelling settlements in northern Israel. But Israel's stated intentions concealed some far more ambitious goals. Ideally, Jerusalem would like to restore sovereignty to an independent-and friendly-Lebanese central government. That, in turn, would require a total withdrawal of the 30,000 Syrian troops that have been stationed in Lebanon since 1976 as the main element in an Arab peace-keeping force. Said Sharon: "Only in these conditions will Lebanon be ruled by the Lebanese...