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IIRC the basic threat the British AAMs were designed around was the Tu-4, an aircraft the British knew very well because (a) it was a ripoff of an allied nation's aircraft and (b) they themselves operated it as the Washington.Per Ron Westrum's Sidewinder: Creative missile development at China Lake, the Sidewinder team were left rather disturbed after one of their early test articles blew a massive hole in the wing of a B-17 drone but failed to shoot the aircraft down (the control team were able to fly it back to a landing). Someone told the team leader "Don't worry, they don't build them this tough any more."I would imagine the B-29 was an even tougher proposition than the -17, though.
IIRC the basic threat the British AAMs were designed around was the Tu-4, an aircraft the British knew very well because (a) it was a ripoff of an allied nation's aircraft and (b) they themselves operated it as the Washington.
Per Ron Westrum's Sidewinder: Creative missile development at China Lake, the Sidewinder team were left rather disturbed after one of their early test articles blew a massive hole in the wing of a B-17 drone but failed to shoot the aircraft down (the control team were able to fly it back to a landing). Someone told the team leader "Don't worry, they don't build them this tough any more."
I would imagine the B-29 was an even tougher proposition than the -17, though.
