Question on what Special Contact is and how it differs from New Contact: New Contact applies to the "generic" radars, such as SAMs and older jets that generally relies on Single Target Track (STT). A "normal" threat uses STT which will warn you with a lock warning when it tracks you, and changes to missile launch tone when fired upon. Special Contact serves the same purpose except as a "Heads up, there's a more capable threat inbound". These special" contacts are capable of tracking and locking you without giving off a lock warning and/or missile launch on the RWR. Two examples of these "silent tracking" being the InfraRed Search & Track (IRST), and Track-While-Scan (TWS) mode: IRST passively tracks your heat signature and will only alert your RWR when a radar-guided missile is being guided by it. This system is used on the MiG-29, Su-27/-33/J-11A (and maybe RAF Eurofighter). Russian fighters are especially deadly with the long-range IR-guided R-27ET. TWS allows multiple aircraft to be tracked and "locked", without actually focusing like in STT. This allows sneaky firing of Active Radar-Homing (ARH, or Fox 3) missiles that will not alert the RWR to a lock warning, only giving a missile launch alert once missile activates its onboard seeker at far too close range. Most modern jets (F-15, F-16, F-18, JF-17) have this capability, while some Russian jets like MiG-29S and J-11A have less sophisticated version that requires aircraft guidance during launch stage. The example in the video highlights this, as the F-15 launched an AMRAAM via TWS. Without combat experience, I would not even know of the launch until the missile goes active; my RWR was simply showing search then suddenly goes haywire into missile launch warning
Wow lol I was trying to figure out what the difference was, looking it up online but this comment cleared it up a lot better than what I had found. Thanks
@@crunks2955 copy-pasted cus too many repeats lol, my bad Special Contact is similar to normal New Contact, except as a "Heads up, there's a more capable threat inbound". You're looking at fighters capable of what I call "silent tracking", capable of firing missiles at you WITHOUT giving a missile launch warning, hence the elevated threat tone.
I've only been playing DCS for a few months and when I hear the missile lock tone I get really anxious, even when I'm not flying. Sometimes I hear it faintly echoing in my head as I try to fall asleep, and then I just can't sleep at all for the rest of the night.
It takes abit if practice yeah, but after awhile you'll get used to it. Some tips I can give is remain calm and think. See where the RWR direction is, look outside, spot the trail, and perform defensive until the missile goes dumb. As you see in the video, putting smthg between you and the missile is also effective
DCS SAMs, as far as I'm aware at least, always launch the missile the moment they have the chance rather than wait for you to get into their no escape zone, meaning that you can quickly duck back out of the missiles max range and it will go dead with almost no maneuvering
Stfu, it's just a video game, what about ppl who survived the real thing? According to u, they shouldn't be able to live on their own, cause a video causes PTSD more than IRL. Get a life
I've been flying the Tomcat for nearly couple of years now and I thought "why not to see if I've missed some important RWR tone" Me 3 mins later: sweating and having flashbacks of the times I got ambushed by SAM-sites...
There was an old shoot'em up on SNES called Turn and Burn - No Fly Zone in the mid-90s which featured the F-14 Tomcat. It would emit a similar sound to the, "Contact/Threat Band Change", whenever a threat aircraft came within a certain distance of own aircraft. If the sounds above are accurate, that sound effect as featured on the SNES game was surprisingly true to the real deal.
Yeah the point of it is to trigger people's "panic" senses, making them almost instinctually respond to the tones. Because in the heat of combat you don't have time to dabble on it, you have to immediately react. And thank you :)
@@piketchupwarthog3574 Oh yeah man, in the heat of battle you absolutely NEED to have everything memorised PERFECTLY. Many times when the heat gets turned on, did I do the virtual funky chicken trying to figure out what button to click on or press when I'm new to a bird.
@@deetwodcs4683 same lol, it's why I generally prefer to stick with very few airframes and specialize in them. But it does better over time and if you invest enough in the few you choose then transitions aren't too bad. Overall I value the core principles much more as that skill is commonality between all aircraft.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 That's maybe why I prefer the F14 (it's my main so to say). It's a more pure flying experience without fancy fly by wire without any techologically advanced avionics that make your skill not shine as much. I also think it's the best module and the most fun to fly it actually feels like it's alive and yeah.. I could go on and on about the F14 and it's module lol i'm a biased fanboy.
@@deetwodcs4683 nothing wrong with that, the Tomcat would've been my main if I went for the A2A route. But I prefer mud-moving slow-flying playstyle so it's the A-10C/Su-25A (the classic, not the fat Toad). I agree from my very limited flight time that the F-14 is a much nicer experience over its FBW counterpart. It has its quirks which demands respect and mastery, and it has more personality to it. Although F-off to Top Gun
Why does the radar lock sound so oddly cool to me like it’s when the action happens, and you realise you’re in a dogfight the adrenaline you get from these sounds.
Fabulous and very practical guide! Thank you very much for this much needed tutorial. Would you please consider making a series with various aircraft and their RWR sounds? That would be a bomb!
Thank you :) As for the series, I'm not really sure which others to do, as I don't own many modules and many of them share similar RWRs. The only ones that come to mind are FC3 planes especially RedFor RWR.
Thanks bro. When it get worse, you hear Jester bail out and you are flying a F14C (C for convertible). The next level, you hear a "bumm" and everything becomes silent...
There used to be one of these where I lived with a sound box where you would press a button and it would play sounds and tell you what they meant. The plane is still there but the sound box doesn't work anymore sadly.
Pretty simple scheme. The new contact is one tone while the special contact is numerous tones. The radar lock is a slow less-endangered pace while the missile launch is a faster version and more emergency-like pace.
as i dont understand this part and i wanna fly my F-14 better: what's the difference between New Contact and Special Contact? btw this video helped me understand the seemingly random beeps (which i fought where some error beeps or so) so that now i know what they mean XD
New Contact applies to the "generic" radars, such as SAMs and older jets that generally relies on Single Target Track (STT). The Special Contact serves the same purpose except as a "Heads up, there's a more capable threat inbound". You're looking at fighters capable of what I call "silent tracking", by using IRST (Su-27/33, MiG-29) or TWS (F-14/15/16/18). These fighters are capable of firing missiles at you WITHOUT giving a missile launch warning, hence the elevated threat tone. The example in the video highlights this, as the F-15 launched an AMRAAM via TWS. Without combat experience, I would not even know of the launch until the missile goes active; my RWR was simply showing search then suddenly goes haywire into missile launch warning
Man it's my first time listening to the sounds of dcs on my headphones and damn it's freaky and echoey, it creeps me out REAL good. can't imagine pilots dealing with this.
Stinger is not radar guided. It would not trigger a radar based missile detection. normally it would trigger the photosensors of the plane triggering another sound so you know to use flares/get infront of the sun/get behind cover
@@SpheresVA the one at 1:18? That's a threat band increase, meaning the locking threat is now of higher danger level. Becus well... it's now shooting at you xD
I've mentioned this in other comments but I'll repeat here. I was aware of the terrain on my right which provides cover against said missile. Between the flat sea to my left, and the hills to my right, what do you think is the better choice? Additionally I am intentionally seeking to get shot at because, well, I need the RWR warnings for this video. Also I wasn't heading on a Clock position, rather I was watching my RWR to get the notch angle on the missile.
No, this sound is specific to the ALR-67, which a variant is also used by the F-18 (you can look it up they sound similar in tone). I'm no expert on RWR systems but I'm guessing it's a Navy thing.
I've mentioned this in other comments but I'll repeat here. I was aware of the terrain on my right which provides cover against said missile. Between the flat sea to my left, and the hills to my right, what do you think is the better choice? Additionally I am intentionally seeking to get shot at because, well, I need the RWR warnings for this video. Also I wasn't heading on a Clock position, rather I was watching my RWR to get the notch angle on the missile.
Tl;dr - heads up to a more potent threat that may potentially not give lock warning Long answer: A "normal" threat uses Single Target Track (STT) which will warn you when you are being locked, and changes tone when missile is fired and guiding. A "special" contact is one capable of tracking and locking you without alerting the RWR with a lock tone. Two examples being the InfraRed Search & Track (IRST), and Track-While-Scan (TWS) mode. IRST passively tracks your heat signature and will only alert your RWR when a radar-guided missile is being guided by it. This system is used on the MiG-29, Su-27/-33/J-11A, and depending on which Tranche we get in-game the RAF Eurofighter might have it too. Russian fighters are especially deadly with the long-range R-27ET. TWS allows multiple aircraft to be tracked and "locked", without actually focusing like in STT. This allows sneaky firing of Active Radar-Homing (ARH, or Fox 3) missiles that will not alert the RWR to a lock warning, only giving a missile launch alert once missile activates its onboard seeker at far too close range. Most modern jets (F-15, F-16, F-18, JF-17, Typhoon when it comes out) have this capability, while some Russian jets like MiG-29S and J-11A have less sophisticated version that requires aircraft guidance during launch stage. Hope the detailed answer helps, let me know if you have any questions on the explanation.
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Question on what Special Contact is and how it differs from New Contact:
New Contact applies to the "generic" radars, such as SAMs and older jets that generally relies on Single Target Track (STT). A "normal" threat uses STT which will warn you with a lock warning when it tracks you, and changes to missile launch tone when fired upon.
Special Contact serves the same purpose except as a "Heads up, there's a more capable threat inbound". These special" contacts are capable of tracking and locking you without giving off a lock warning and/or missile launch on the RWR. Two examples of these "silent tracking" being the InfraRed Search & Track (IRST), and Track-While-Scan (TWS) mode:
IRST passively tracks your heat signature and will only alert your RWR when a radar-guided missile is being guided by it. This system is used on the MiG-29, Su-27/-33/J-11A (and maybe RAF Eurofighter). Russian fighters are especially deadly with the long-range IR-guided R-27ET.
TWS allows multiple aircraft to be tracked and "locked", without actually focusing like in STT. This allows sneaky firing of Active Radar-Homing (ARH, or Fox 3) missiles that will not alert the RWR to a lock warning, only giving a missile launch alert once missile activates its onboard seeker at far too close range. Most modern jets (F-15, F-16, F-18, JF-17) have this capability, while some Russian jets like MiG-29S and J-11A have less sophisticated version that requires aircraft guidance during launch stage.
The example in the video highlights this, as the F-15 launched an AMRAAM via TWS. Without combat experience, I would not even know of the launch until the missile goes active; my RWR was simply showing search then suddenly goes haywire into missile launch warning
THX
Wow thanks for great explanation 👍👍
Finnaly learned the tracking modes
Wow lol I was trying to figure out what the difference was, looking it up online but this comment cleared it up a lot better than what I had found. Thanks
bro this like mcdonalds on a busy day
Lol
True tho. Cause the sounds that prefer in the video had the same tone
Damn bro lol
Yea
Very relatable
0:21 When someone throws a blue shell in Mario Kart
xD gotta love all these 80's arcade sounds in a plane lol
0:32 If you're in first place
0:04 New Contact / Threat Band
0:12 Special Contact
0:21 Radar Lock Warning
0:31 Missile Launch Warning
Thx
@@crunks2955 copy-pasted cus too many repeats lol, my bad
Special Contact is similar to normal New Contact, except as a "Heads up, there's a more capable threat inbound". You're looking at fighters capable of what I call "silent tracking", capable of firing missiles at you WITHOUT giving a missile launch warning, hence the elevated threat tone.
I've only been playing DCS for a few months and when I hear the missile lock tone I get really anxious, even when I'm not flying. Sometimes I hear it faintly echoing in my head as I try to fall asleep, and then I just can't sleep at all for the rest of the night.
It takes abit if practice yeah, but after awhile you'll get used to it. Some tips I can give is remain calm and think. See where the RWR direction is, look outside, spot the trail, and perform defensive until the missile goes dumb. As you see in the video, putting smthg between you and the missile is also effective
Username checks out.
DCS SAMs, as far as I'm aware at least, always launch the missile the moment they have the chance rather than wait for you to get into their no escape zone, meaning that you can quickly duck back out of the missiles max range and it will go dead with almost no maneuvering
I was about to like this comment until I realized it’s from myself
Stfu, it's just a video game, what about ppl who survived the real thing? According to u, they shouldn't be able to live on their own, cause a video causes PTSD more than IRL. Get a life
1:19 Damn that turn was powerful
It was the burners
Imagine the horror of this in reality... looking down at the pilot seat and realizing there is no one there.
?
yes imagine the horrific experience of not seeing your own body in the cockpit
I've had dreams like this. I'm flying a jet, then i look around and find I'm actually not in control and am simply spectating as i plunge to my death
@@lyndonb.johnson9340 that sounds terrifying dude.
@@lyndonb.johnson9340 the junkers jumo engines in your 262 died
Need to set those tones as a notification tone lol.
You’d be waking up thinking you are gonna get shot down haha.
Missile warning tone should be set when for calls from wife's number.
@@floatingchimney Ha!
Radar lock warning for unknown number/spam calls.
@@Orca19904 genius will do in free time
I've been flying the Tomcat for nearly couple of years now and I thought "why not to see if I've missed some important RWR tone"
Me 3 mins later: sweating and having flashbacks of the times I got ambushed by SAM-sites...
You do get used to it though, now it's more of a nuisance tbh.
that video gave some people fight or flight reaction
Definitely did for me lmao
I could only imagine during real action in the air
Emegency jettison and deploying Chaff even at school man😆
There was an old shoot'em up on SNES called Turn and Burn - No Fly Zone in the mid-90s which featured the F-14 Tomcat. It would emit a similar sound to the, "Contact/Threat Band Change", whenever a threat aircraft came within a certain distance of own aircraft. If the sounds above are accurate, that sound effect as featured on the SNES game was surprisingly true to the real deal.
Interesting trivia, nice!
That's actually pretty bad ass.
0:21 radar lock
0:31 missle launch
I love that you did a little excerise at the end nobody does that in tutorials. Great idea to be honest with you!
Yeah the point of it is to trigger people's "panic" senses, making them almost instinctually respond to the tones. Because in the heat of combat you don't have time to dabble on it, you have to immediately react. And thank you :)
@@piketchupwarthog3574 Oh yeah man, in the heat of battle you absolutely NEED to have everything memorised PERFECTLY. Many times when the heat gets turned on, did I do the virtual funky chicken trying to figure out what button to click on or press when I'm new to a bird.
@@deetwodcs4683 same lol, it's why I generally prefer to stick with very few airframes and specialize in them. But it does better over time and if you invest enough in the few you choose then transitions aren't too bad. Overall I value the core principles much more as that skill is commonality between all aircraft.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 That's maybe why I prefer the F14 (it's my main so to say). It's a more pure flying experience without fancy fly by wire without any techologically advanced avionics that make your skill not shine as much. I also think it's the best module and the most fun to fly it actually feels like it's alive and yeah.. I could go on and on about the F14 and it's module lol i'm a biased fanboy.
@@deetwodcs4683 nothing wrong with that, the Tomcat would've been my main if I went for the A2A route. But I prefer mud-moving slow-flying playstyle so it's the A-10C/Su-25A (the classic, not the fat Toad). I agree from my very limited flight time that the F-14 is a much nicer experience over its FBW counterpart. It has its quirks which demands respect and mastery, and it has more personality to it. Although F-off to Top Gun
I love how the sounds are basically self-explanatory.
Guys is it weird if the sounds still plays even after the video ended?
it give me download whats it what type of file? maybe give an online link
I suggest deploying countermeasures and breaking. Just a tip
@@eiteiei4063 that chaffs and pugachev jets mission on bf
Bro break right and deploy chaff!
Break right BREAK RIGHT
0:21 **You're in First Place and someone picks up the blue shell**
0:31 **THEY LAUNCHED THE BLUE SHELL**
Like the style of doing the test at the end, explain, demonstration and practice. First video i've seen to do this. Learnt something new thanks
Thanks for this and for the mini test at the end. Really helps :)
Why does the radar lock sound so oddly cool to me like it’s when the action happens, and you realise you’re in a dogfight the adrenaline you get from these sounds.
Fabulous and very practical guide! Thank you very much for this much needed tutorial.
Would you please consider making a series with various aircraft and their RWR sounds? That would be a bomb!
Thank you :)
As for the series, I'm not really sure which others to do, as I don't own many modules and many of them share similar RWRs. The only ones that come to mind are FC3 planes especially RedFor RWR.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 is the f16 viper ok?
@@clovergaming7575 not the same as F-14
@@piketchupwarthog3574 oh ok thanks!
Gonna set this as my alarm
When I heard the missile lock sound in Top Gun it put me on edge lol
'Enemy launches missile'
Me: *picks up the phone*
ikr lol
why are the warnings so soothing
came for and from zetaris f4c phantom
Lmao same, those are like 8 or 6 missile launches lol
Holy shit I thought I was the only one
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Really great guide! Good job.
Short & Useful video! Thanks!
ok Boomer
@@fartbike accept it doomer - goodmanfeels
zoomer - amelia elementary watson
Thank you for this guide. Now I know what my F-14 had been telling me all these times.
This is stuck in my head now
Well I mean you ARE an F-14 Tomcat
Thanks bro.
When it get worse, you hear Jester bail out and you are flying a F14C (C for convertible).
The next level, you hear a "bumm" and everything becomes silent...
thanks that was very useful!
seconded, i was looking for the phone.
hello? hello? oh!
Great video 👍👍👍
Radar lock warning sounds a little like the overspeed warning for the 757
Hello sir I'd like to inform you that you F-14B and A-10 warthog were the videos I was searching for months and can't be happier to find them now
Thank u very much for your video
Imma hit the breaks and he'll fly right by!
Absolutely the best video ever made for DCS! Can you please do a repetitive radar/engage/launch video for us beginners please? Thank you!!!
What do you mean by repetitive video? As in examples, or just the tones already i the video?
There used to be one of these where I lived with a sound box where you would press a button and it would play sounds and tell you what they meant. The plane is still there but the sound box doesn't work anymore sadly.
Dog:*runs to bite me*
Me: 0:31
"Fur missile, 6 o'clock, eject eject eject!"
we have the same logo
@@Youeatbabies n o i c e
didnt expect to see you here
@@RazerTheDuck well,i do like both DCS and Ace Combat
very helpful, thanks
Furry: *notices me*
Me: 0:21
Furry: *runs towards me*
Me: 0:31
"Furry 9 o clock high, evade!"
@@RoqueTHEGAMER ME
may make a meme outta this
Me: 1:30
>:^)
@@Raul_Menendez f u r r y
Good Video, thanks
I would like a 10 hours version of this
10 hours of mild panic attack?
1:23 I love that air sound effect
Pretty simple scheme. The new contact is one tone while the special contact is numerous tones. The radar lock is a slow less-endangered pace while the missile launch is a faster version and more emergency-like pace.
1:02 "...Oh my god." / "Where the hell is this guy?" / "He is on our nose."✈
as i dont understand this part and i wanna fly my F-14 better:
what's the difference between New Contact and Special Contact?
btw this video helped me understand the seemingly random beeps (which i fought where some error beeps or so) so that now i know what they mean XD
New Contact applies to the "generic" radars, such as SAMs and older jets that generally relies on Single Target Track (STT). The Special Contact serves the same purpose except as a "Heads up, there's a more capable threat inbound". You're looking at fighters capable of what I call "silent tracking", by using IRST (Su-27/33, MiG-29) or TWS (F-14/15/16/18). These fighters are capable of firing missiles at you WITHOUT giving a missile launch warning, hence the elevated threat tone.
The example in the video highlights this, as the F-15 launched an AMRAAM via TWS. Without combat experience, I would not even know of the launch until the missile goes active; my RWR was simply showing search then suddenly goes haywire into missile launch warning
@@piketchupwarthog3574 Very very helpfull Much thanks ^^
Leleleleleleleelleleellelelelelelelel
Man it's my first time listening to the sounds of dcs on my headphones and damn it's freaky and echoey, it creeps me out REAL good. can't imagine pilots dealing with this.
Same sounds are used for F/A-18C, just different tone.
0:21
Rooster: Where the hell is this guy!?
Maverick: He's on our nose...
smoke in the air! Rooster, flares!
@@ollibonWe're out of flares, Mav!
he is flying peacefully on a plane and suddenly he hears this
THIS SOUNS ARE REAL !!!
It does sound somewhat intimidating
this is like mcdonalds on a busy day
Thanks!
Bf3 jet mission guys: watch out bogey at 6 o' clock use flares!
Dcs boys: *DI RU DI RU DI RU DI RU*
Me casually flying in my b11 and an oppressor mark 2 comes out of nowhere and gives me PTSD.
Stinger is not radar guided. It would not trigger a radar based missile detection. normally it would trigger the photosensors of the plane triggering another sound so you know to use flares/get infront of the sun/get behind cover
we mudd bruddas fashooo
0:21 Rooster: "Where the hell is this guy?!"
Maverick: "He's on our nose..."
Let's be real if you're in a fighter jet and you hear the second alarm sound you're already dead
This is just anxiety. My god.
0:59
McDonald’s
This dude just spotted a low-render McDonald's sign in one of the residential area's. Please tell me you're not American
*The power of American ingenuity*
No but actually I meant the beeping.
Oh, I didn't hear it then, but if you look at exactly the same time, in the upper most visible town, you'll see what I mean
Can u make one for f16
My sense of humor is so broken that I'm laughing to this
You’re laughing. A missile is about to blow up your house and you’re laugh- 💥
I've learnt more from this vid than 5 Years of memes
Do one for the Viggen.
トップガンマーヴェリックで流れたね
Sam launch. SAM LAUNCH
Do this for more planes please
can I know which threat is locking me?
I’ve got a question, that first missile was a fox 3 right? You can hear the new band tone right as the missile launches
First one is NOT Fox 3, that's an SA-6 launch. It uses Semi-Active Radar Homing (SARH) so it is whatever the ground-launched equivalent of "Fox 1"
@@piketchupwarthog3574ah so that tone was just coincidental?
@@SpheresVA the one at 1:18? That's a threat band increase, meaning the locking threat is now of higher danger level. Becus well... it's now shooting at you xD
@@piketchupwarthog3574ah, okay!
1:00 1:21
This would give ptsd
New Contact: 0:04
Special Contact 0:13
Radar Lock: 0:22
Missile Launch: 0:32
Normal threat: 0:58
Flying an F14 rn and paused the video why is the missile launch alarm still playing..?
Because the missile knows where it is by knowing where it isn't.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 thanks
Im gonna back to channel when i became pilot at f14 tomcat
Hello, I am the ghost of Christmas Past.
Miss you buddy. :)
107th JAS, Pandion Flight (A-10C). Good to see you in the wild mate.
Me: **sees Oppressor MK2**
Oppressor MK2: **locks on to me**
Also me: 0:31
Mom asking "you didn't wash do dishes???" 1:20
Shit I came here from curiosity and now I know the 4 basic sounds of F14 RWR alerts, and recognized them all in the exercise! WTF?
Glad you learned them quickly :)
I don't understand, what is Special Contact?
see pinned comment :)
oh god the graphics
Yeah the old laptop was bad in performance :( thankfully moved past it
@@piketchupwarthog3574 Used to play games like thath to, Hella painful. But i can run any game now on extremely high preformance
can you make the missile launch warning only tho?
What do you mean?
i mean to only make the sound by its own and nothing else
@@WayneX13 should be able to trim off the sections where the sound is isolated. Otherwise I'll dig my folders to see if I still have it.
alr
Beep boop
the closer I going to be to hearing those beps, is at McDonalds
Top Gun looks different then I remember…
Lelelelelelelelelelele
_Missile launches_ “Hello? Are you there?”📞
"Hello there!"
@@piketchupwarthog3574 General Kenobi
2:20
"Break left!" - Breaks right
lol
I've mentioned this in other comments but I'll repeat here. I was aware of the terrain on my right which provides cover against said missile. Between the flat sea to my left, and the hills to my right, what do you think is the better choice? Additionally I am intentionally seeking to get shot at because, well, I need the RWR warnings for this video. Also I wasn't heading on a Clock position, rather I was watching my RWR to get the notch angle on the missile.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 Oh I didn't mean this as a criticism, I just found it to be a kinda funny moment lol. I haven't seen the other vids.
Are these sounds similar for all NATO aircraft or just the F-14?
No, this sound is specific to the ALR-67, which a variant is also used by the F-18 (you can look it up they sound similar in tone). I'm no expert on RWR systems but I'm guessing it's a Navy thing.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 Thanks, I have been trying to find what the one in the Eurofighter sounds like with no luck.
When you see your teacher in the same store: 1:19
When is Jester going to answer the phone?
you can some it as:
Single Beep: Ok
Continuous Beep: Oh fuck
Radar Lock tone: *Blacked out from pulling 9 G's
ASMR
Elelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelelele
Missile at 1 o’clock
Proceeds to turn to 3 o’clock
I've mentioned this in other comments but I'll repeat here. I was aware of the terrain on my right which provides cover against said missile. Between the flat sea to my left, and the hills to my right, what do you think is the better choice? Additionally I am intentionally seeking to get shot at because, well, I need the RWR warnings for this video. Also I wasn't heading on a Clock position, rather I was watching my RWR to get the notch angle on the missile.
Bruh your telephone is ringing
what's a special contact?
Tl;dr - heads up to a more potent threat that may potentially not give lock warning
Long answer:
A "normal" threat uses Single Target Track (STT) which will warn you when you are being locked, and changes tone when missile is fired and guiding. A "special" contact is one capable of tracking and locking you without alerting the RWR with a lock tone. Two examples being the InfraRed Search & Track (IRST), and Track-While-Scan (TWS) mode.
IRST passively tracks your heat signature and will only alert your RWR when a radar-guided missile is being guided by it. This system is used on the MiG-29, Su-27/-33/J-11A, and depending on which Tranche we get in-game the RAF Eurofighter might have it too. Russian fighters are especially deadly with the long-range R-27ET.
TWS allows multiple aircraft to be tracked and "locked", without actually focusing like in STT. This allows sneaky firing of Active Radar-Homing (ARH, or Fox 3) missiles that will not alert the RWR to a lock warning, only giving a missile launch alert once missile activates its onboard seeker at far too close range. Most modern jets (F-15, F-16, F-18, JF-17, Typhoon when it comes out) have this capability, while some Russian jets like MiG-29S and J-11A have less sophisticated version that requires aircraft guidance during launch stage.
Hope the detailed answer helps, let me know if you have any questions on the explanation.
@@piketchupwarthog3574 thank you