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Use the direction to find the contacts
- Notice the triangular marker pointing away from the centre of the current view.
- Pan in that direction or zoom out until the contacts enter the picture.
- Select the actual track and read its origin symbol, identity and data.
- Continue the normal investigation. Do not treat the arrow itself as a measured position or a weapon-release decision.
One marker can represent several contacts
The aid groups relevant off-screen tracks. Its direction can point towards the group rather than one individual aircraft. When a member of that group comes into view, its directional cue can disappear; that does not establish that the other aircraft have vanished.
Which contacts does it help you find?
The released aid considers U, S and H tracks. It is not an indicator for every civilian aircraft outside the screen. A Suspect cue still requires investigation; it does not turn Suspect into a confirmed Hostile identity.
Why it is absent on Hard
The aid is disabled in Hard sessions. Maintain the wider radar picture yourself and use pan, zoom and track selection to keep track of relevant contacts. Training uses Normal settings, so its behaviour can differ from your Hard operational session.
Do not confuse two kinds of triangle
An arrow positioned around your current view is different from a new plot at a detected location. To investigate a possible missile launch, follow the actual contacts and their updates, not the navigation marker.