Technically speaking, that doesnt actually prove it can hit a moving target. The source doesnt actually specify if the target data was pre-loaded into the AASM moments before launch or if it was pre-loaded on the ground for example.
All this proves is that it can hit a target that is 80m displaced from where it was supposed to be. Not that it can hit it while its moving. Its not actually providing us any new info barring how far the target can be displaced from its originally estimated coordinates.
Edit: seems a bunch of other peeps beat me to saying that.
Given Storm Shadow is a Anglo-Frnech cruise missile, its entirely possible that AASM use the same seeker as found in the Storm Shadow, or at least maybe a derivative of it (though different manufacturer)
Not sure if this has been pointed out by others, but this actually proves that the 20km seeker range in WT is incorrect.
If they had to test if the missile can find the target or not (once it gets within seeker range), through image correlation, this means the seeker isn’t tracking the target before or after launch, at 16km.
The seeker range is probably no more than 8km, if not less.
Thats the reason for the whole debate.
We have sources that state the Seeker of the IR missle only activated 1.5km from the target point.
So the whole missle is massively wrongly implemented
yes.
As of right now would propably act like a worse penguin missle
If those newer results wont even turn it worse,
Since its likely not meaned for moving targets at all, but for stationary targets and adjusts for gps mistakes and or jamming
I’m all for realism but have to say I don’t love the energy being used by both sides to keep trying to nerf weapon systems and airframe. If this change goes through the Rafale ends up with as poor CAS options as Typhoon.
What’s really funny, most of the sources used to report the AASM were provided by the French dude in his attempts to nerf the Brimstone, would be rude to not make use of them
The outlier once this bug report goes through is the Kh-38MT, and I’m starting to have a sneaking suspicion its IIR seeker is similar in function to the AASM IR tbh (beyond the fact its never even been used in combat)
Im about 60-70% sure of that, but I havent found a smoking gun like what would be needed to get gaijin to make it a more reasonable PGM ingame.
