Doesnt the new Tonka have 9M’s? That’s why I wrote it
Yeah but Britain used both. I think they only ASRAAM on the EF though, I’m not even sure that any country used the 9M on the EF.
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That’s be an interesting quandry for Gaijin then. If RAF eurofighters never flew with anything other than ASRAAM. But Missiles like ASRAAM, MICA ER and IRIS-T are far too strong currently.
My bet is they might just give every eurofighter the AMRAAM A and 9LI for simplicity
I think DA.2 might have been shown with a missile thats either Li or M.
Either way the jet is compatible with both but ingame theyre the same bar smokeless motor and Li-1 exists.
The UK only ever used ASRAAM on EFT in Service this is correct.
Also worth noting that AIM-9L by this point in British service had all been converted to GENETIC C modification. Which like the AIM-9Li or AIM-9L(I)-1 had been upgraded with IRCCM.
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Do you have any info on it? Like who it was developed by? And why it was never offered for export? Unless it’s just the name given to the L/I, which would make sense.
Not a huge amount sadly, I’d imagine it was done by BAE and not offered for export. I doubt the need for exporting it would be there, as AIM-9M and AIM-9Li already existed and ASRAAM was around the corner.
Doesnt it have a comparatively long range for an IR missile?
Compared to its peers no
Really? I knew MICA NG IR had a long range but I thought IRIS T matched 9X and ASRAAM for range. Shows you what I know
If you mean the IRIS-T SLX yes but the normal plane launched version is at best medium range
SLX is not done yet…
I don’t think it comes close to asraam in range it is a close range beast though
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and?
its surface launched and not done so not really comparable to an air launched missile that is in service
iirc aim 9X is the shortest range one of the lot
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