Maybe. Just the timing is wierd thats all.
But yes, If no Gen 5 IRs anytime soon then Aim-9Ms need a total overhaul
Just restore their behavior from before the last major update then everythings fine. Currently it’s nearly unusable, especially in shots at short distances from the sides (which is a guarantee for a lock-up + miss).
Yea, the replay Is a bit weird. Both missiles were outside of the missile’s FOV. Plus, the missile show it’s in track mode until basically before hitting the ground where it switches to SCR. I’m not sure the replay is actually accurate to what really happened, at least server side. I do also believe it switched to the missile(with the seeker FOV being wrong in replay) - and tried a much tighter turn causing it to dip, since that’s often the logic of missiles when they try to turn hard in game, as seen with AGM like kh38 and AASM who got their guidance fixed to correct that problem in HOBS
The time of the missile losing target (lock drifts down/target drops flares) and switching from TRK to SRC in this replay is somewhere between 2 and 2,5 seconds long. So either the seeker shut-off is this long (which would be insane) or the guidance locks up (seeker + controls) and it’s shown as still tracking. Guidance locking up would also explain the flight path as it seems to pull constant AoA and Gs into the same direction until shortly before impact into the ground (the moment it switches to SRC).
I had another match yesterday, nearly the same effect. Missile locks (lock-cone is shown all the time following the F-16 I was shooting at) but the controls seem to lock up and turn the missile into a circle and a downward dive into terrain. That was on the same map ironically as this map is one of the few where you fly between many mountains and meet targets from their sides rather often.
Another one, this time directly from behind with the missile going to Narnia without any apparent reason:
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Edit: Aw yeah, he launched an R-27ER the moment I launched my missile… But even that one it failed to track (while still showing TRK) and goes into a completly other direction. Additionally: Is the IRCCM not working for launched missiles? Shouldn’t it act like a flare was launched?
Not sure if this has been mentioned here yet, but Germany isn’t replacing Pratorian DASS with Arexis on our Tranche 5, were installing both
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Taurus is not integrated in earlier Tranches?
I think its suffice to say. Something fundementally wrong with the 9M at the moment
Is that even possible? Doesn’t the Arexis integration replace the wingtip pods which are used for the DASS? Could that also mean with the Arexis wingtip pods the EF gets wingtip pylons like the Gripen but loosing its towed decoy?
Praetorian includes other things, on top of the wing tip pods.
That part surprised me as well, but the only images of Taurus on a Eurofighter in flight that I can find are on IPA.7, so maybe? (Tho there’s also just no reason to carry them around in peace time to be fair)
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I have no idea tbh. Maybe the new DASS is compact enough that both systems can be stuffed in there?
With Tonkas still about and able to run 4 instead of the 2 of the Typhoon (if im not mistaken?) it does kinda make sense that it was a lower priority addition for the Typhoon. (though there are loads of examples of peace-time thumb twiddling that ends when a capability is actually needed)
Im not sure when Storm Shadows were added, but I wouldnt be surprised if it was sometime after the decision to retire the GR4
With a Typhoon planned for a dedicated SEAD role, it makes sense to be part of the loadout
Very weird that they’d integrate it on the tornados and the Gripen but skip the Eurofighter
Yeah, i just went ahead and send the BW an Email. Maybe they just made an error in the article?
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Just out of curiosity: with the placement of the transceiver units in the wingtip pods of the Arexis system, would they be able to act as radars for something like a 360° spherical MAW? They use AESA technology for their EW capabilities AFAIK.
I could be wrong, but they might be saying that some will have the new Preatorian DASS while others will have Arexis? Wasnt it specifically the EK that was stated to get Arexis?
Ah right, I remember now. They wanted to get F-35s and new EFT ECR variants. They discussed to go F-35 only or upgrade the Typhoon and in the end they went with ordering 35 F-35A and 15 EFT ECR for electronic warfare. Political decision also regarding nuclear capabilities, etc.
That’s what I remembered as well, but the way the sentence is written doesn’t sound like that. If they didn’t write the “zusätzlich” it would’ve meant that they’re replacing DASS with Arexis. And from what I’ve understood so far all (german) Tranche 5 will be EKs
Tranche 4 an EK are probably split between new praetorian and arexis and then Tranche 5 will get the amalgamation. Or at least that’s how I understand the info