We have good intelligence that a few Syrian aircraft are will be escorting a Tu-22MR Backfire C on a recon mission over our territory. The intruders must be destroyed.

We expect the Syrians to use these fighters:

- MiG-23ML Flogger G: AA-7 Apex C [R-24R] (Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH), Range: 2-24nm) and AA-8 Aphid [R-60TM] (All-Aspect mid-course plus Passive Infrared (IR) terminal guidance, Range: 0.2-5nm).
- MiG-25P Foxbat A: AA-6 Acrid A [R-40R] (Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH), Range: 4-30nm) and AA-6 Acrid B [R-40T] (Rear-Aspect mid-course plus Passive Infrared (IR) terminal guidance, Range: 4-30nm).
- MiG-29M2 Fulcrum C: AA-11 Archer [R-73] (All-Aspect High Off-Boresight mid-course plus Passive Infrared (IR) terminal guidance, Range: 0.2-10nm), AA-10 Alamo A [R-27R] (Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH), Range: 2-45nm), and AA-12 Adder [R-77] (All-Aspect and Datalink (DL/INS) mid-course plus Active Radar Homing (ARH) terminal guidance, Range: 2-45nm).

These medium and long-range missiles are a serious threat, particularly the AA-12 Adder that can be used in a fire-and-forget mode.

We have longer range missiles, so if we have good situational awareness, we should be able to destroy the intruders easily.

Start by switching on a radar or, better, launch a G550 AEW Nahshon. Then order some fighters to take off.

Note 1: When facing the Floggers and the Foxbats, you can turn off "Automatic Evasion" (CTRL + SHIFT + F9). In this way, you can use SARH missiles against the enemy even if they fire back. They will break contact trying to evade your missiles, thus losing control of their own SARH missiles.

Be careful, as without Automatic Evasion you are an easier target for fire-and-forget missiles!

Note 2: Both the AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM and the AIM-7F Sparrow III have a longer range than the Russian-made missiles on these Syrian fighters.

The AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM has a PoH (Probability of Hit) of 95%, while the AIM-7F Sparrow III has a PoH of 70%.

This value decreases at long range, an AIM-120C-7 can drop below 65%, and can be further reduced by the enemy fighters altitude, agility, direction, etc. To increase the probability of destroying the enemy aircraft, you can reduce the firing distance in the WRA Page (CTRL + SHIFT + F9 for the Side Doctrine Window or CTRL + F9 for the Unit Doctrine Window).