Are you saying that the AIM-9M will fly to the target in exactly the same way?
He says yes
1 Like
every radar guided missile (ARH or SARH) is affected by multipathing, the IR guided missile aren’t
3 Likes
R-73 is an IR guided missile and isnt affected by Multipathing.
AMRAAM is an ARH guided missile and is
Multipathing is an affect experienced by only radars, R-73s dont have a radar.
3 Likes
That’s because the r73 tracks heat signatures and the aim120 tracks radar signatures
Yes, though they do have different methods of IRCCM. This can result in one missile being stronger than the other dependent on circumstances of each and every shot.
Aim-9M I fired most potent when fired from behind, but easily defeated when fired from the front.
nah this gotta be ragebait 😭
14 Likes
17k games btw
2 Likes
mica
6 Likes
I don’t think so
The Mica is the best missile at close range, the AIM-120 is good in every scenario, witch make it probably one of the best missiles
2 Likes
Average demovlad post
MICA also has the best seeker at the moment.
Aim-54s/F-90s have the weakest.
Then everything else bar the MICA have the exact same seeker.
Only MICA has a unique seeker and its notably stronger than the rest, far harder to notch and chaff than the rest.
AMRAAM’s only meaningful strength is it has greater range, but once that advantage is mitigated by just closing the gap on the fight, then both MICA and R-77-1 outperform Aim-120 Kinetmatically
3 Likes
And then there is R-24R that behaves more ARH than the ARH missiles…
Even if the radar can’t do , it doesn’t give damn.
Weapon of choice in case of alien invasion…
1 Like
R-24R. R-27R, R-27ER and Aim-7P all have IOG, this means, if used right, you can mitigate Multipathing by disabling the radar at the right moment, the missile will guide via IOG instead of SARH and hit.
1 Like
the AIM-120’s range advantage is useless as it will always get notched/multipathed and you can never dream of doing anything remotely close to the fox3s with 50g overload in 10km and below range (the only range where you can actually get kills against competent players) as they are leagues ahead in maneuverability which allows their carriers to launch and return to notching much faster than you. the AIM-120 isn’t the best just because you can kill the AI mig15 in test drive at a longer range.
I know .
The thing is shouldn’t ARH missiles be better than SARH- IOG missiles? I mean they have ARH+IOG+DL.
AIM-54 in game , well it’s not really complete anyway.
Btw i say R-24R specifically, because with R-27R i’ve missed a lot of shots.
With R-24R , i’ve shot 10… and there are 10 kills. I know it’s very limited sample, but in the same sample with R-27R was like …5/10 in similar scenarios.
It is
The issue is that without external guidance, SARH switch to IOG. So you can kinda control when they engage IOG.
ARH having the seeker internally means that IOG only comes into affect when the target isnt visual and so never engages where MP is involved.
I suspect IRL that isnt the case.
R-24R, on something like the Mig-23ML is at a BR where it is incredibly strong and vs aircraft that can be a little lacking.
R-27R whilst better, is also at a higher BR and so naturally people have better kit to defend.
It is not the best in any scenario. At long range it has not been the best for a long time, it is almost impossible to shoot down someone further than 15 km, and at close range the radar of this missile is just terrible, I launch a missile at a straight-flying plane that does not even throw off decoys, so it flies behind it, sometimes the AIM-120 just explodes or flies into the ground although the target is above. Now the first places are occupied by the SU-30, and the AIM-120 carriers are in last place.