Why don't planes have rear mounted missiles?

[r3vange]

[color=#FFFFFF]The Americans wish to believe that the age of the dogfight is over, unlike the Brits and the Ruskies.

After the Korean war the dogfight was over according to the Americans, let's make fighters without guns

After the Vietnam war the dogfight was over according to the Americans, ok but we did lose a lot of planes to dogfights which they weren't equipped for, let's put a gun, but the dogfight is over

After the Gulf war the dogfight was over, yet 70% of the engagements were mostly dogfights

After the war in Iraq (le new one) the dogfight was over yet again the majority of the shot down enemy aircraft were shot in a dogfight.

And nope, as much as USAF would like to think the dogfight is over because they have an advantage in BVR, they are not abandoning the concept hence United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program also known as TOPGUN.

And one more thing, with the advance of 5th generation jets the dogfight is definitely NOT over, the BVR missiles are all radar guided, and stealth is the whole point of the 5th generation jet, you can hide it from the radar, but you cannot hide its heat in a dogfight

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