Good topic!
Another missile that could be take into consideration will be the Marte MK2B (anty radiation variant of the Italian anty ship missiles Marte MK2). The problem about this one is the lack of info, but I’m doing some research
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Could be an interesting addition. But after the huge SPAA missile nerf it is maybe not that important for balance anymore. Now any plane can safely engage SPAA without too much issues. Also at top tier (where those missile are going to sit) the majority of SPAA have access to IRST (correct me if im wrong, but the IRST should not be able to guide those missile ?) Anyway if those are ever implemented it would be really nice to have new weaponry.
It depends on the system in question as they may use datalinks to send / receive information for some types of guidance.
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I’m already hunger to these bad boys.
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Can’t wait to see SPAA mains cope about Anti Radiation Missiles if it ever gets introduced.
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honestly, countering them shouldn’t be hard. Just move every once in a while and don’t leave your search radar on constantly.
Correct, IRST is a passive sensor and not detectable by an anti-radiation missile. However, the search radar on your SPAA will be enough, so SPAA players will have to bind the radar on/off button
Yeah and vehicles like the Stormer HVM will get a major buff, they don’t use a normal Radar but IRST so Anti Radiation Missiles wouldn’t really work against it at all.
There’s also the AGM-122 SIDEARM
Would be a pretty balanced early addition I think, since its just an AIM-9C but anti-radiation, so has limited range.
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With the current state of SPAA in ASB, a lot of which is “radar guided” then these are definetly needed.
Kh-25MP
“The Kh-25MP missile with passive radar homing head (RGSN) is designed for high-precision destruction of radar controls of enemy air defense systems, including radars of anti-aircraft missile systems such as “Hawk", “Improved Hawk”, “Nike Hercules”.”
Kh-25MPU
“To defeat the Roland-1 and Crotale air defense systems, the X-25MP missile was upgraded and received the X-25MPA index. The modernization consisted in expanding the frequency range of passive WGSN and in the use of an inertial guidance system that makes it possible to prolong the guidance and re-capture the target when the radar target radiation is temporarily turned off. The range has increased dramatically.”
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Where’s the Russian ARH missiles at in the OP?
As far as wikipedia tells me, there is:
KH-28
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(Kh-28 - Wikipedia)
The first soviet anti-radiation missile
KH-31
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(Kh-31 - Wikipedia)
Many different variants, anti-rad one has a range of 110km, and can ship with one of 3 different seekers for different radar bands
KH-54
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(Kh-58 - Wikipedia)
Older missile, chunky, many variants with massively varying range, modernised over time
R27P/EP
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(R-27 (air-to-air missile) - Wikipedia)
Its the R27 you already know, now with a passive seeker! 72 and 110km ranges respectively.
Though I doubt we’d see any for a long time due to their relatively massive ranges. AGM-45(a) shrike and AGM-122 SIDEARM are both very close range missiles (no more than 16km it appears), and the firing aircraft would be susceptible to already-in-game SPAA
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You got the two that I mentioned above, one has a maximum range of 10km.
ah, welp there ya go then
See this bit
If you have data on Soviet missiles that you want to share (particularly what radar bands they cover), then post it here.
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i doubt those exist
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Pantsir players laugh in the background
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i stand corrected
Meanwhile me in my stormer HVM with over 2000 air kills
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