Considering how much people liked to see the SP3 pylons on Rafale F3R i doubt they’d be pleased to see MICA NG anytime soon.
I don’t know if people have misspoken but I have not seen any evidence showing that MICA NGs have been test fired, only that a 2021 source stated test firing was planned for 2022, but no confirmation has ever been shown to my knowledge. For whatever reason, France is remaining tight-lipped regarding testing confirmation beyond a single testing date.
It would very much surprise me however if no testing was done as the MICA NG is confirmed to be delivered later this year. France has no choice but to upgrade to MICA NGs as the current stock of MICAs are at risk of defects due to very old materials (in particular the pyrotechnics) nearing 30 years in age.
Yes, MICA NG EM has AESA.
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Its satire at this point
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I wish they would fix MICA ( Overall TVC fix are also welcome :) ) first.
It can’t because not in service, but in a few months that won’t be an issue
As DirectSupport mentionned, no evidence of a test fire, although they most likely already did it
The current MICA is also underperforming in terms of range, so there’s also that if it struggles against its peers, which it currently does not, tbh
And MICA NG does in fact get an AESA seeker
So no premium F-47 (Early) until it enters service?
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2s38 would like to have a word with you.
Anyway, we will have to look at the news in the next few minthd. MICA NG should enter service by the end of the year, maybe there will be a news post about this
In 2022 the different armies start receiving renovated older MICA, receiving new pyrotechnics so they can last up to the 2030s, so the MICA NG isn’t completely necessary in that aspect :
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Badger IFV for example is not in service in south african army yet it’s coming it has nothing to do with in service or not. Also a lot of vehicles use mods that gives them an armament they never got in service. Look at Mirage 2000-5F for example or Mirage 2000D RMV. Hell there is even some vehicles in game that never entered active service and stopped at proto stage most blatant example is USSR with all their objects and shit and their unfinished ships.
The bare minimum requirement (unless its soviet) is for evidence of at least one test fire.
For example SRAAM never entered service but was test fired 8 times. Now we have evidence of it being test fired, a Spear-3 Suggestion has been put in. Etc etc.
So just need that evidence and there is nothing stopping it from being suggested.
Though…
Means it would either come with the a MICA EM Seeker just with the better range or not at all until we had equal performance weapons for everyone else.
everyone gets unfinished ships
XM vehicles for the US
what are you arguing lol
In game, I’m not sure it would make that much of a difference aside from a longer range internal radar, I don’t know if the AESA can be used for multi tracking/search when it’s in IOG, and even then it’s probably Gaijin wouldn’t go that far on the modeling.
It is also harder to chaff/notch
that it isnt just russia that gets prototype stuff
he didn’t exclude anything he just used Russia as an example
Give me an unfinished ship in UK or French BW Tree. I’m pretty sure that US also have no unfinished ship in thheir BW tree. Weird how only axis forces get the treatment.
In anyway this is Rafale thread. We should stop this.
bc there arent as many shpis to add and lots of those got bombed while being in construction
AFAIK, in game, all radars notch the same at a set speed, from the broken CAPTOR Mto the AESA RBE2