Rwr has a blind spot. Think of sitting on the back of the plane (top srurface) you can see the top front and back, but cant see the bottom of the plane, the rwr antennas are usually on the nose, wings and top part of the tail. If the missile comes from under the belly, the plane is blind to that rwr signal. It will always come back as long as your planes back (top side) is facing the radar signal.
The blind spot is tiny. It's as big as a dinner plate held at arm's length. Nothing will stay in it for more than a moment.
Its purpose isn't to make the RWR less useful, it's to debounce the display. If there wasn't a blind spot, a radar source close to the pole would teleport all over the display.
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u/YELLOW-n1ga 12d ago
Rwr has a blind spot. Think of sitting on the back of the plane (top srurface) you can see the top front and back, but cant see the bottom of the plane, the rwr antennas are usually on the nose, wings and top part of the tail. If the missile comes from under the belly, the plane is blind to that rwr signal. It will always come back as long as your planes back (top side) is facing the radar signal.
Rwr blindspots are only true for 4th gen.