[Sightline]

>The delta v between the attacker, and the cobra’s aircraft is typically doesn’t allow enough time to get a missile off or guns.

That's what the HMD and R-73 are made for: (ignore the shit music) https://youtu.be/-D9ZhmFxz3M?t=194

[lumost]

Based on the canyon, they were trying to simulate the top gun movie. While entertaining, this is not how real fighter aircraft fight. The tail fighter in this scenario would have been 30k feet higher, 10+ miles away, and traveling at at least Mach 1.5.

The only time fighters are in direct contact in this situation is a dog fight. Which the above video is not. Checkout the YouTube category for “DCS BVR” as well as “DCS dogfight”. There are a few videos analyzing cobra in both as well as the use of terrain. TL;DR there are some interesting uses of terrain at the end of both engagements, however in a realistic setting the pilots would head home rather than risk dying to a “maneuver kill” where they accidentally crash into the ground while trying to “out rate” or “out turn” the other fighter.