' Wrote:Cockpits aren't too useful with electronics, unless your electronic goes down. You can track an enemy craft without watching what is possibly below you. The truth is, you only need to see what is in front of you because nobody is going to turn their guns at 90 degree in any direction to shoot something.
That's not true. Today's fighter crafts, with all their fancy electronics, try to give the pilot a huge field of view. Things like short-range dogfights with HMS and high maneuverability missiles (Like Archer, or Aim-9X) allow the pilot to actually shoot something at a real 90? deg while pulling high-G maneuvers, and favors those who can actually see what's behind them.
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