And when I launch 16 Iris t slm missiles all together on a mi28nm, not a single one hit. Crazy stuff
Magic russian forcefield is clearly superior to inferior western garbage, checkmate idiot /s
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meant irl. in game the implementation is dumb, it should be limited to only defending against as many missiles as there are turrets on the damn thing
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Ah yes sorry it’s my bad, I’ve never really looked at SRAAM and thought it was like 50+G in game seeing how crazily it turns (in every sense of the term).
I’m pretty certain the seeker of the IRIS-T being a 1D array of detectors compared to other missiles being 2D array has more to do with cost effectiveness rather than LDIRCM protection. For example, ASRAAM and MICA having much higher theoritical ranges would need better seekers to work at their full potential. IRIS-T is a much shorter range missile so it’s seeker probably has an even better range than its kinetic performances already.
If the seeker isn’t protected against those lasers, even with the scanning of the seeker, it would still be unable to see the target and get blinded by the LDIRCM when scanning it, so the missile will still likely miss even if the seeker isn’t completely fried by the time it reaches the target.
Around 25km
That would surprise me tbh since the Bundeswehr doesnt usually care about cost effectiveness when it comes to domestic equipment
Sounds about right
If you were to ask me I’d say the IRIS-T isn’t really a cost effective weapon, compared to the Aim9X which is in the same category, but much cheaper due to being based on older AIM9s, (even if probably still a bit worse), or the longer range IR missiles like ASRAAM or MICA, which are more expensive but overall more capable, as they can also do off the shoulder shots and the tight turn of the IRIS-T over them realistically doesn’t really matter.
I already wrote somthing/made some calculations for the seeker head of the IRIS-T here: Eurofighter Typhoon (UK versions) - Technical data and discussion (Part 2) - #512 by kensai16
Quite funny: The AIM-9X is reported to cost 472.000$ per unit in 2021. The IRIS-T is stated to cost ~400.000$ (for non-project members AFAIK), so it’s effectively cheaper.
So it would make even less sense if the IRISTs seeker was a cost saving decision instead of a conscious decision towards that arrangement?
I mean that depends on the situation, doesnt it?
Interesting
I personally don’t see any realistic scenario where that would be the case. Obviously in simulated events where you are in a close quarters turn fight it would be relevant, but I don’t see that happening anymore
It is also designed to be used as a hardkill system in cooperation with the MAW and RWR (and even datalink from other aircraft) to destroy missiles in a 360° sphere around the jet AFAIK.
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The capacity to destroy other missiles has also been advertised for other missiles. I guess it would be better in this situation tho, but I think this would only be last, last resort situation
Theoretically, it doesnt need to look “at” the LDIRCM at all either. Once its scanned it once, it could scan around the brightest point of the LDIRCM, effectively nullifying the LDIRCM and acting wholly as a HOJ function.
iirc, HOJ working based on tracking via LDIRCM intensity gradient has already been discussed in the past with sources with regards to IIR missiles.
Yeah the ability, but it wasn’t a requirement of the design. I would take the wild guess that it was a requirement for the IRIS-T.
Better have such a last resort than being limited to spamming CMs, turning hard and looking at your ejection-seat handle xD
Yeah it would just ignore the line if it has something like a shutter in the optics path.
Voices in my head…
They keep saying:
“Pull it”
“Pull it”
Im tired.
Its getting harder to resist with every minute…
