Wasn’t sure where to ask but is there info on if the Exocet has different terminal attack profiles like Harpoon?
what I hear is 1 additional bullet
For what is known, sea skimming only for AM39 B2 Mod2
For MM-40 B 3C, it’s an other story, since it can attack land and can - if memory serves me right - be programmed with waypoints :
If we’re talking only about terminal evasion patterns, afaik nothing states its configurable
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I know Stratus-RS is coming to replace Exocet anyway but I just wish they’d update AM39 to the Block 3C standard.
Iirc, AM39 has some guidance improvement other the 38, allowing it to take evasive maneuvers during terminal guidance. Wether they are pre programmed or actually adapts to the situation I’m not sure
AASM1000XLR would probably make a better anti ship missile than Exocet at this point ahah
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Well, only SM-39 will be modified to SM-40, that’s as close as you get X)
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But seriously they need to wrap their heads around making a Stratus variant that can fit in a torpedo tube
Rubis SSN had a small and limited sonar and couldn’t attack from afar, so Exocet could be enough, with Suffren though, it’s wasted potential, not to mention the chances of subsonic missiles against 2020s AD
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SM is basically a MM with a different booster to get it out of the water, so it makes sense that both are getting the same upgrade.
different fins though,
tbh SM39 is closer to AM39 than MM40 these days
@Macron-Spokesman the 400-450km shown is for a heavier missile with about the same warhead weight, as well as better dimensions for range being longer. It also has a larger surface for lifting body effect.
That is why I think 500km range for stratus RS is reasonable since 800kg is upper limit, so chances are the final weapon will be like 750-795kg
ASMP is also capable of high altitude cruising trajectories no?
It is but it must come down otherwise those ranges are useless. Also, there’s a big benefit to ramjet that isn’t stated on forums anywhere before, but it’s best stated here. Ramjet will change how BVR actually looks like.
When you launch an AIM-120 at 60km at a target and then wait to launch another AIM-120 at 40km, the AIM-120 launched at 40km will hit first. You can try this in-game.
With ramjet, it will actually change this, the ramjet launched at 60km will constantly be booking and a ramjet missile launched at 60km will actually hit first than a ramjet launched at 40km. Same goes for a ramjet launched at 90km versus a ramjet launched at 70km. This is a huge benefit to ramjets in-game over conventional or dual pulse motors.
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why doesn’t gaijin add mica ng, almost every top tier jet has a upgraded versions of their ARH they had in the tree when fox3’s were first introduced, while even the f16AM only has aim 120A, its like that nation is solely built to do only close range stuff
if anything the Rafale would get the Meteor for a longer range fox-3
you gonna have to wait atleast another year or two until the Mica NG will be added
cause the mica ng is a fairly big step up in killing potential
what’s the point of having mica ng then, the time for it is now after all the changes in this next patch the mica is worse than it is currently in live server for closer ranges as it is prioritising loft
as mbda says 40% increase in range, looking at how gaijin gimps up stuff mica ng may land around how aim 120 d or r 77-1 are
not talking dogfight scenarios these are pretty much rare talking about 8 to 15 km ranges its worse with time to impact now
because it’s not in service yet, because it’s dual boost so would be far more problematic compared to other fox-3s
Mica’s new version lacks a bit of Dv, with that fixed it would still be a bit worse than other missiles but not by a huge margin, while having short range advantage.
Time to target is also not the whole story, Mica keeps its speed far better at distances, and is therefore far more dangerous, but sacrifices it with a lower top speed, it’s a bigger increase that one might think when looking at TTT alone
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