Rule 7 Does a turn at the EZ rate at supersonic speeds incur any decel points? How about sustained EZ turns? Yes, a supersonic speed turn at the EZ rate incurs the 2 decel supersonic turn penalty. If you sustain a turn at the EZ rate, the second and subsequent facings incur the normal sustained turn penalties. Rule 9. 1. When do you roll for radar ranging lock-ons, before or after declaring a gun attack? At either time. You may roll for radar ranging once, at any point in your move where gunsight tracking parameters are being met prior to declaring a gun attack, or you may roll for it after declaring the attack. If you roll for radar ranging and fail, you may not check for it again until you have fired your guns at least once al the original target, or switched targets, or a new game turn begins. Rule 9J. Can you decide to snap fire after rolling for radar ranging? Yes, after declaring a gun attack and rolling for radar ranging, you may elect to not fire, to snap fire, or to fire normally. You are never required to fire if the result would be an automatic miss. However, if you elect not to fire after declaring a gun attack, you save your amino but are still considered to have used up one of your two allowed gun attacks for the turn. Rule 9.I. Do you, or can you, roll for radar ranging twice if two shots are taken against the same target? What about at different targets? When firing twice at the same target, if radar ranging was achieved for the first shot, it is automatically continued for the second shot. If radar ranging was not achieved for the first shot, it may be rolled for on the second shot. When firing at different targets, radar ranging must be attempted separately against each. Rule 9.I. Do you have to use boresight or auto-track modes to do radar ranging if you violated the radar search maneuver restrictions in rule 18? NO! The maneuver restrictions given in rules 18A.2 and 18.B.2 apply only to radar searches done in the air-to-air radar phase. There are no maneuver restrictions on radar ranging attempts done during the flight phase. Rule 9.I. Do AJMs, DJMs, chaff, or stealth technology affect the die roll for radar ranging? AJMs do, if the target aircraft is equipped with an AJM, the air radar modifier is applied to the attacker's radar ranging roll (Rule 38, Air Strike). DJMs, chaff, and stealth technology do not affect radar ranging attempts. Stealth technology has no affect because al gun ranges, any aircraft can put enough power on the target to get a range reading. Rule 19. When two aircraft fire RIHMs at each other, the have to move proportionally just as in a "shoot out" between SAMs and guided weapons, right? Also, how do you determine who declares engagement first? After all, whoever engages loses his missiles and the other guy gets a free shot. Yes, a proportional shoot out must be resolved. The best way to handle the engaged question is to have both players secretly note their intentions on paper and then simultaneously reveal them to each other. No guts, no glory, eh? Rule 19. Does an AHM go active immediately after launch if within the active homing range? Or does it wait until after the next turn's EW phase, giving the target one try to break the launch aircraft's lock on? The AHM is active immediately. Breaking the launch aircraft's lock on in this case has no effect on the AHM. Rule 29. When strafing ground targets, can you snap fire? If so, how are the modifiers applied? Yes you may. This has not been addressed previously in the rules. When snap-firing, figure the air-to-ground attack odds normally, then shift one column to the left and apply the +2 snap firing modifier to the attack roll. Rule 38.13. Do AJMs affect all air- to-air radars in its jamming arc, or just those trying to lock on to the jamming aircraft? The AJM air radar die roll modifiers are only applied to detection and lock-on attempts against the carrying aircraft. Back to Table of Contents -- Air Power # 9 Back to Air Power List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by J.D. Webster This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com