Then that might be the reason why we don’t see such configuration of 20 AMRAAM Yet,…
The dual pod seems to be using rails, and not ejecting systems
Therefore it makes currently no senses to use railed Dual pod on underneath Frame stores
They currently might not have the Dual Pod with Ejecting system that goes under there.
We can found 20 AMRAAM only on synthethized Pictures, and not on actual in-flight photos.
It’s thinked to be 20 AMRAAM, but currently only have access to 16.
Anyway, let’s back on topic : Rafale F.4 have 2 more stores for missiles than the previous standards
They don’t have to be ejected from the airframe if they are on the CFT dual racks there. They are carried far enough from the airframe for successful separation and are distanced far enough front and back to ignite without interference. They are only ejected from the airframe in single store configuration off of the LAU-106
From the video presentation at Thales booth, they claim a meter accuracy at 130km
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Some cool pics found on reddit:
Training in French Guiana in preparation for Ariane 6 launch
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More (sick) pics following the training, on the launch day:
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Two Rafale B landed in Singapore earlier this week, along with RAF Eurofighter and RTAF Gripen
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So if I’m reading the Rafale F1 series of aircraft correctly…
RBE2 PESA radar with 4 radar missiles and up to 6? IR missiles, 4 being on shared store positions?
6 total AAM store positions?
Or is that for only LF1?
And does that mean if one has 8 total store positions only 6 are MICA EM compatible?
These are questions in relation exclusively to F1, though knowing when any upgrades to missile count occur may help further my opinions…
LF.1: 4x MICA EM + 2x Magic II, more than two Magic II were not possible as far as we know - Six MICA EM were very likely possible by the time the F.1 entered service and higher MICA stocks were available.
The capability for eight missiles came with F.4.1 into service, all of these are compatible with both MICA types (same with older Standards, just with up to six), meaning you can carry any combination of MICAs on these pylons.
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Rafale M coming next major update?🤩🥳😎🤪
hope M F1 alongside Typhoon this winter
LMAO the gap in tech in LF1 and first Iterations Typhoon is colossal. In fact @JAF_R98 is only half wrong common sense speaking September or October would be perfect intro time for planes like Rafale M LF1 or F/A-18A/C but Typhoon is something else, more likely to be equal to Rafale F2.2 or F/A 18-E.
then why are you denying it coming next update
We could see the Rafale M LF.1 since it Used Magic 2, Mica EM, and lack most of the bells and whistles the full deployment M used.
In what sense? ECM maybe, but that’s not modelled in-game. The only real advantage of the Tiffy is ASRAAM/IRIS-T, which need not be added on the very first model. Similar to how the F1 standard doesn’t have MICA-IRs, I’d have the first Typhoon model in the game lack IIR missiles for balance purposes, and becasue there really isn’t anything else Britian, Italy, or Germany can get for top tier until the Typhoon.
My bad i had to make some complementary researches and found out EFT didn’t have the IRST until 2007 so yeah technically Rafale MLF1 with EF2000 in december is possible BUT As i doubt gaijin would give planes without CAS option in December, i’d rather predict Rafale F2.2(which has been passed to devs) and a more recent EF2000 version capable of CAS because Tornado is meh.
PS : Rafale didn’t have MICA IR until very late in the F2 standard and F2.2 still didn’t have MICA IR.
Because i didn’t have any info on earliest Typhoons models + new airframes usually come in December not mid year.
so its possible that we get the rafale?
Depends how gaijin feels, but don’t hope new significant airframes outside of december. Otherwise you’ll be disapointed.
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