Timeline for Would it be practical to have missiles that can aim forward and backwards?
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| Feb 10 at 4:16 | comment | added | WPNSGuy | @AnonymousPhysicist - Frontish. On the -120, more to the middle. The fins at the rear are static, and do not steer/swivel. Maybe I should have said "towards the front", instead of "at the front" | |
| Feb 10 at 3:50 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | Static fins at the rear are a very important part of the steering system. | |
| Feb 10 at 3:50 | comment | added | Anonymous Physicist | @WPNSGuy Where are the fins at the front of this AIM-120? media.defense.gov/2003/Mar/28/2000031135/-1/-1/0/… | |
| Feb 9 at 23:01 | comment | added | Camille Goudeseune | Which fins are static and which steer indeed doesn't matter. You're firing an arrow backwards, and the few moments it spends at "negative airspeed," while trying to reach designed airspeed, are enough to make it tumble, possibly into your own airplane. Recall the test pilot who lived to tell the tale of shooting himself down. | |
| Feb 9 at 22:28 | comment | added | WPNSGuy | Actually, many/most air to air missiles have the steering fins at the front. AIM-9 and AIM-120, for example. Not that it makes a real difference, though. | |
| Feb 9 at 3:14 | history | answered | Anonymous Physicist | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
