The AIM-54 will be fired in a Fox-1 mode (continuous semi-active) when the AIM-54 is fired in a PD-STT (Pulse Doppler Single Target Track) at a target. Once the missile is active, the firing aircraft no longer has to support the missile and can turn away. The sample data semi-active, like stated in the document above, is used during the mid-course guidance phase of a TWS missile shot prior to the missile going “pitbull” or fully radar active. For a pretty good explanation of the AIM-54 guidance, I’ll direct you to a thesis written about the AIM-54 and AWG-9 system written by Naval Undergraduate Stephen Thornton Long. Those 3 modes are sample data semi-active (datalink mid-course guidance), continuous semi active (Fox-1 mode basically), and active (Fox-3 fire and forget). The AIM-54’s operates in 4 distinct modes, 3 of which will be important to gameplay in WT. Here’s a brief explanation of how the AIM-54 Phoenix works utilizing the super small amount of information that is available to the public: This missile is the grandfather of all Fox-3 active radar homing missiles used in today’s modern air to air battlefield. The AIM-54 Phoenix (Airborne Interception Missile) is a radar guided air to air missile that was used alongside its more popular compatriots, the AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow, and used operationally with the AWG-9 radar system mounted on the F-14A and F-14B Tomcat.
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