No Skyflashes?
plus on one of the images shown above the Hawk clearly has Aim 9s mounted of a twin mount
not to mention this which shows the hawk carrying 7 Retarded bombs
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I can understand no Skyflashes since only the demonstrator ever carried them or any type of BVR missiles. It might be capable of carrying paveways but without a targeting pod it will have to rely on buddy lasing.
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the thing is they could, I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be part of the armament options if it was capable of carrying them, plus if skyflashes are compatible wouldn’t Aim-7s be as well?
It’s probably based on the malaysian or Indonesian variants, not on the aircraft in general.
aahh ok, ive enquired to BAE about its Aden Armament anyway seeing as there’s some debate on whether the internal Aden’s could be used alongside AMRAAMs so maybe that will shed some light on it as well
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They are basically the same armament wise, the only difference is BVR missiles.
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Yeah, both hawks are designed for a ground strike role, the 200 just focuses more on air defence rather than training
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Jut for proof on ASRAAM (and even Active Skyflash)
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Additional Info on the Hawk, Credits to @Gunjob for buying this Info and thanks to @galaxygms for sifting through most of it for me
Hawk 200 with InfraRed Camera Nose
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Hawk 200 Cockpit
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HUD Info
Cross section of nose with both IR and Radar
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3 Sea Eagle and 2 fuel tanks
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Diagram of Airframe
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Some Loadout Options ( wingtip Pylon excluded)
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Aiming Modes
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Details for Components used
Night Attack Config (IR Nose cone)
ALARM/ Sea Eagle
Wing Turn performance (my monkey brain cant comprehend this so massive thanks to Gunjob)
Additional Info
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Stealth Hawk Gunjob found
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Do we know if active skyflash actually was ever built?
I recall hearing much about it but never actually if it was built?
Same question about the P3I ASRAAM?
Afaik there were two active Skyflash developments, an early one using the Temp Skyflash and a later one using the Super temp. Flame posted in the AMRAAM topic a page of a document that compared the AMRAAM to the ASF, so I assume it was actually build and tested. Later on the development of the ASF became the S225X, and then the S225XR which became the Meteor.
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I would really want to see the active SkyFlash TEMP on an aircraft. Imagine a ARH missile with a max range of 5 km.
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Sorry for the long wait but heres some more pics for the Hawk
Diagram showing engine and fuel tank locations compared to the Hunter
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Diagram of the Hawk from Janes
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Cockpit of the Hawk 200 ( sry if this was posted before, have a feeling it was)
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Royal Air Force of Oman Hawk 203s in flight Circa 2005
First flight of the Hawk 200 Demonstrator in 1986
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Indonesian Hawk 209 undertaking AGM-65 Maverick trials around 1999
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And finaly, a Malaysian Hawk 209 armed with 4 AIM-9Ps
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Source:
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Up to 6 AIM-9L’s then. This will be fun if it’s added.
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Would love to see the Brits get this and the 103 and the US get the A-4m
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Suggestion passed to the developers for consideration.
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