You say they’d be revolutionary in game, and it wouldn’t be fair to incorporate it without China, but in the next breathe also say they’d be pointless?
But you’re right as you say I think China is the only nation that wouldn’t have any
Meant like it would only be revolutionary if they actually change/update fox 3 seekerheads which I’ve thought they would for newer missiles.
If they don’t then it would be pointless
Why would it be pointless? Are you saying it’d only be worth if they stop older missiles and not the newest ones? Or am I misunderstanding?
I wonder how Gaijin will compensate chinese aircraft for the lack of towed decoy. Quite interesting to wonder why China hasn’t added a towed decoy to their fighters yet. Maybe it comes from the philosophy of like the J-20 being an interceptor/striker rather than an air superiority fighter.
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so its probably the master caution
Because you can currently notch every missile with just 3 pops of bol chaff (other than mica, I use around 5-10 chaff for those)
So there’s really no point of using a toyed decoy instead when 3 pops of chaff does the same thing currently
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Except that TRDs should in theory work without being in a notch.
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Well we dont get EW and BOL is crapped on so why would they give us TRD when as you said a certain nation doesnt use them.
Looks like that baby mig-21
If you are getting attacked by multiple missiles at the same time, it would make your life way easier. Also, it would mean you don’t have to notch missiles as much giving you more flexibility.
For example your opponent might have to break off and notch your missile, while you could continue your attack with minimal notching and let the TRD do the work.
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Which planes would be able to maneuver more than doing slight turns with a toyed decoy ?
I don’t see how they will model it like that, basically sounds like a force field around your plane that repel all radar missiles
You mean like DIRCM? :P
Though it would only be limited use iirc
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Yeah I’m really not sure how they will model TRDs in a balanced manner.
IRL they are rather hard to counter. They jam the missile. So the missile counters that by going into HOJ mode, but unknown to the missile it is now homing on to something that is being towed 100 m behind the aircraft, so is likely to miss the aircraft.
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I reckon they’ll just make it destructible or only last a limited time.
So it works really well, but only for a brief amount of time
That would be terrible tbh.
A plane like the su-57 that has both towed decoys and spherical ldircm would be literally impossible to kill with missiles.
But its soviet… so… perfectly acceptable
Dont forget it will also be invisible on radar
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Ok i take back everything i said. Lets not add towed decoys, the LDIRCM will be obnoxious enough
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I love how players want to replace something that is a relatively small demonstration skill in the game with pushing a button.
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