Simple change that only affects how countermeasures appear on IR tacScreen to make them resemble modern BOL countermeasures.
Flare type countermeasures aren't effective against modern missiles, however BOL countermeasures hide the silhouette of the aircraft which make them more effective.
As BOL CM isn't visible to the naked eye, they would only be seen on the IR tacScreen.
Mainly because they look cool, flares should remain how they appear in all over views as they are still used, and could simply be said to a 2 in 1 system with a flare and the IR cloud launched at the same time. This would also make in understandable how the S1, S2, and S3 all get affected the same by IR CM.
Just to be clear this will have absolutely zero gameplay change and would only change the appearance on the IR tacScreen.
Finally this isnt just a muh realism thing, it looks cool too https://youtu.be/zvSPjHZejPw?feature=shared&t=212
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