Even if you only saw it at a kilometer away you still get slightly more than three seconds to react(top speed is 0.86, average cruise is ~0.82 to max range ); which is more than enough to slew a turret onto the oncoming missile and engage.
So it’s faster to a target than a Maverick (from a 0.9 Mach launch) past ~20km or so.
Considering that, generally AGM-84 is a anti-ship missile, I wonder if Gaijin will make it able to lock and track moving ground targets to be somewhat welcoming and improving to US close air support at top tier.
That precedent has been set with the KH-38MT & AGM-119A.
Of course a window to intercept it will exist, but it will be the lowest probability of intercept for any weapon available to the US, apart from JDAM-ERs launched from ~M1.0 at treetop height and 3-4km distance. Since that’s the only effective strategy available for SEAD/DEAD with US aircraft currently, the SLAM-ER should provide at least a nice alternative.
Boeing themselves have said that it can target moving targets on land. Boeing: Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response SLAM ER Home
Great but extremely late addition; we had to wait almost 2 whole years for it, while Russia enjoyed Kh-38s and complete CAS dominance. It’s an upgrade over Mavericks, but not one that will make any metas shift.
and the AASM Hammer.
the agm 84 added to the game is not the anti ship version.
A cruise missile in not the same as a regular air to ground missile that is usually powered by a rocket motor, but instead a jet engine
SLAMMER is not a anti-ship missile variant
first non-russian missile missile in WT’s history that has lofting and can one tap a tank.
not the version we have in the dev server.
the one in the dev server is the AGM-84H/K, an anti-tank variant of the anti-ship AGM-84. iirc it has (irl) IR + GNSS + DL(?)
correct me with this one, it’s been a long time since i searched for SLAM-ER’s info.
not strictly anti-tank, land attack in general vs. anti-ship
for now it seems like pantsir food
it follows the terrain and all, but it’s still a subsonic missile and still keeps pretty high altitude despite the terrain following feature (it stays like couple hundred meters above the ground)
this and the AGM-154A1 JSOW that got added in the current implementation isnt really meta defining or making CAS any easier. For the time being AGM-154A1 JSOW is just a cooler looking JDAM-ER and AGM-84H SLAM-ER is just fun to use.
Don’t take me wrong, I’m glad they added new stuff (that should’ve been added long ago but anyway), but it doesn’t really change anything. What I’m really waiting for are the GBU-53/B Stormbreakers that US should get in the same update the SPICE 250 got added to decent amount of jets. It’s literally the same in performance, except for US having slightly worse airframes than let’s say EF2000 or JAS39E.
iirc, IRL it cruises at lower altitudes and can be designated to a set GPS course (imo course designation will not come soon), but i think that it can be set to a GPS target and then switch to IR guidance with pilot assistance. I these features will come to WT in the near future, but reducing the cruise altitude and refining the terrain avoidance will be extremely beneficial to the SLAM-ER.
At this point, everything’s Pantsir food.
All of the non-russian AGM / GBU / JDAM etc. munitions are going to be underpowered compared to the new Pantsir that is being added next major update.
The meta now is not deadly munition, it’s the amount of munitions. Adding all of those modern munitions aren’t useful if they can’t be used with their true potential and stats.
We need better munitions to destroy this “Overwhelm the SAM” meta :/
Mitl… many missiles have it, too op for now
Agreed. However the AGM-84’s cruise altitude could be lowered to reduce interception chances by SAM.
If it stays the same as of now, then it will only stay as a gimmick, and no one will really use it seriously (In my opinion).
If its lowered it will just crash into a gigantic mutant trees 70m tall
Is it faster than AGM-65?
Edit: Nvm scrolled up and found my answer