Modern Warfare Mod brings World in Conflict from the Cold War into the Modern Age. It also ups the ante on realism and authenticity in every role – Infantry, Armor, Support and Air, while trying our best to keep everything relatively balanced for fun and interesting gameplay.

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PAC-3 Missile In-Game Flight Trajectory
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UrbancamoSpetsnaz
UrbancamoSpetsnaz - - 29 comments

That's how complex it is?

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blahdy Author
blahdy - - 997 comments

5200 lines of code (written in python) runs the Patriot Heavy SAM in game ;)

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libbmaster
libbmaster - - 56 comments

I feel smarter already. :D

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Diagram showing engagement process and flight trajectory of PAC-3 missiles in game.

As you can see here, the missile does not run straight for the target from the launcher. The flight path resembles the look of an "S" shaped curve just like in the real life Patriot system as seen on YouTube videos-- this is because the missile flies in an aerodynamically optimized flight trajectory; running straight to the target from launch point is aerodynamically inefficient as missile is burning all its propellant just to fight through air pressure while trying to get to its target at the same time.