it wasnt the answer to the r73, the aim9m was the analogous to the r73, they kept using them until the 2000s.
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and here he is, already claiming the aim9x is needed while having one of the best aams in game, we have a few threads up askiing for the r27er to be removed too, american mains truly are a meme.
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You can keep the r27er amraam are coming and no 9m isn’t the best aam in game the r73 is it’s a dogfight missile the 9m isn’t, the r73 with it thrust vectoring allows it to pull up to 40g and track 180 degrees in a dogfight 9m only advantage is it’s smokeless engine which it shouldn’t have the engine should be reduced smoke like the aim 54c. Also why so scared of a 9x is it because it’ll balance out dogfights with the r73 and russian mains don’t like balance?
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you can just flare the r73, just do some basic research before you say stupid things again.
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you want a unbeatable I win missile because of a skill issue, the r73 can easily be beaten by popping off a few flares right after launch, the aim9m will ignore that, if I’m correct you want the aim9x because the r73 is only better in a single niche area.
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in the first missile shot with the plane in level flight was it droping flares in all the other shots they weren’t using flares or any form of countermeasure
In the last test the rf4 also used countermeasures…
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if they launch the missile closer then 2 km (more 1.5 km) it is unflarable :)
There is even a youtube video explaining why …
then it’s wrong lmao, the datamines can’t be argued with and i have WAY more experience with jets than you. r73s are only better in dogfights and aim9ms have superior eccm and that’s that.
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Oh so x ammount of players agreed with the youtube video but still you are better and you say it cool man
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What. The AIM-9M is easy as shit to flare and dodge.
Pop flares and change direction.
All you idiots are just popping flares and flying in the same direction and wondering why it still tracks. Hurrrrrrr
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it’s still way harder to flare then any other missile, well besides aam3.
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I don’t care what the video claims, I have game data and experience on my side.
no it is not… turn fast spam flares for 2 seconds and it looses lock… while russian counterpart ignores flares from 1,5km to target …
The R-73 is not immune to flares within that range.
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bad wording from me but flaring the aim-9m is much easier even with close range then the r-73 which works a different way and flaring is not helping 90% of the time while if you spam flares and turn you can avoind getting hit by the aim-9m a lot of times
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I’m done replying to you, you such a severe skill issue you’re literally delusional. I hope you get he help you need.
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Wow you disagree with me while I said to yu how the system works
aim-9m is using something called “tracking suspension” which makes the missile avoid flares unless in game you spam which makes the missile miss
while r-73 has it differently (FoV decrease) and makes it really hard to flare from 1,5km range
so the only dellusional player is you… no counter agruements just “im better then you” which means you have to take your head out of your butt and try to explain to me not with “im better” argument but with FACTS which you can provide how the 9m is better :)
Oh wait you can’t so you won’t reply cuz you can’t :) that is what skill issue looks like lol
Top tier heaters aren’t like the regular missiles like every sidewinder before the 9L, Magic 1s, and R-60s where one pop of CMs, without even changing direction, was enough to defeat it.
As you said, the R-73 has a reduced FOV after launch to help ignore flares so you must manoeuvre and dispense in a way that gets those flares into the FOV. Pre-flaring also makes it significantly harder to get the missile off.
I’ve mentioned it before on the forums but there is a reason modern aerial warfare moved towards standoff missiles being the primary weapon as IR technology has advanced so much that modern IR missiles are practically guaranteed kills.
Just stay away from them. R-73s, 9Ms and AAM3s are perfectly fine as they are.
These guys are really getting pissy that people are learning how to deal with the incredibly strong IRCCM of 9ms. like fk off lol. Sorry you can no longer get free kills at anything you launch at.
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