I have Just two thing here to’ Say, Italian Eurofighter can get Brimnstone too (since they were showed with them multiple times and for Gaijin apparently this Is enought) and also there Is the ISPA6 that Is equipped with Captor E, It has the capability to’ Carry all normal Eurofighter T3 weapons plus GBU-31. If anty ship Will be a thing in future then Marte Will be an option.
As an option for Germany there should also be the IPA8 that right now I think Is equipped with ECR MK-0
IRL yes, the stated range difference is only 7KM however according to official release. Would you trade 7km for an extra 50g of pull and thrust vectoring because i sure would. If it was the real 30KM difference then it would be different.
I believe it was co-developed with the thrust vectoring nozzles from BAE and co-funded by partner nations but i may be wrong there.
From its initial variant ASRAAM has a 128×128 focal array seeker with IRCCM which was superior to both AIM-9X and IRIS-T, those missiles eventually took on the seeker that ASRAAM uses as the ASRAAM was simultaneously gaining an improved seeker and IRCCM capability, but say for the purposes of me being unable to purposefully prove that. It adds even more reason as to why it would be unbalanced for Germany to have the IPA7 whilst the other two get essentially toned down versions.
ASRAAM and AIM-9X used the same seeker originally. The ASRAAM seeker has since been updated.
Perhaps i was not clear, they have the same seeker, and to infer (as i did) that the seeker was better is incorrect as they were the same, i more mean that they have the same seeker but the ASRAAM implemented IMU, which at least the AIM-9X did not until i think it was block 2 (if they started with Block 1, basically whichever the first major upgrade was). Then the ASRAAM seeker was updated along with the block 6 upgrade so as to be free of US ISTAR, as far as i know AIM-9X uses the same seeker without the new upgrade to pixel density.
(Disclaimer i may be wrong, missiles are not my strongest point)
Interesting. So it seems the two are largely similar, with Taurus having slightly heavier warhead and fancy fuse, while Storm Shadow likely has better stealth.
IIRC South Africa used there own indigenous missiles on it to
I’d guess the website isn’t up to date as it’s been pictured with A-Darter
I think it was retired around the time Gripen entered service, so maybe a very brief overlap.
That’s a completely different missile… the A-Darter is a modern AAM
Yeah, found info on that, but looks to be another IR seeker, So gripen from SA would have no BVR and A-Darter looks akin to Next Gen (5th Gen) missiles. Closer to Aim-9X than Aim-9M. So wouldnt come with that either.
If we had a Gripen with A-Darter, I’d rather just get Typhoon with AIm-9L or ASRAAM on the Sea Harrier FA2
IIRC there is also the marlin radar missile. Regardless it will probably be the British flight school Gripen D with Swedish loadouts
I really hope we arent just given a C&P Gripen as our “british” top tier jet for the next 3 years till we wait for Typhoon.
Sir, months aren’t years. On average there’s 0.7 new BRs every year. 12.7 should be what this year ends on [excluding decompression].
13.3 statistically should be what next year ends on, and that’s Rafales, Typhoons, 2000s F-15s, Mig-35, F-2, F-16 Block 60 & 70, etc. After 13.3 it’s just more weapons & stealth.
I’ve no idea why you think it should be. All 3 use IIR seekers, pre-Block 6 ASRAAMs used a seeker identical to the 9X, and IRIS-T uses what I like to describe as “magic” because it’s convuluted, basically; two-colour seeker that uses a mechanically scanning mirror to build a 128x128 image (that may or may not be better or worse - we just don’t know).
Unless you have something concerete on IRCM rejection of those missiles, I’d lay off with such statements.
The Phantom FGR2 was Britains top tier jet for 3 years. Being added in “Shark Attack” in Oct 2019 and wasnt “replaced” in the British TT until the Harrier Gr7 was added in “Drone Age” in Sep 2022. So that was 2 years and 11 months it was top tier. Thus far. Our only “top tier” additions since the Harrier Gr7 have been the Tornado Gr1 (a 11.3 bomber) and the Tornado F3 (an 11.3 interceptor) Britain has yet to recieve anything else and both were added AFTER BR12. Arguably the Harrier Gr7 is still the best Britain has to offer in A2A at the moment, and it was added now over a year ago. On average Britain gets 1 top tier addition per year. We have yet to recieve it, and Im expecting that to be the Sea Harrier FA2. But probably going to be another DOA jet depending on AAM roll out. But at this point, Typhoon is needed within the next 6 months or 2 nations are going to be totally absent from top tier. Britain having been absent from top tier for years.
I would like to remind you that Britain’s highest jet is an 11.7 (and for the record, its a ground attacker not an A2A fighter), other nations have been fielding 12.0 for 10 months and now 12.3s. If this tracks. By the Time Britain gets Typhoons at 13.3 as you claim, then US/USSR are going be at BR 14
And end of next year… would mean Britain was DOA for 2 maybe 3 years arguably by the time of its arrival, though Im predicting Gen 5 missiles end of next year. So Typhoon with ASRAAM would be fun
What about China
At this point, China is either C&P of USSR or C&P of US.
14.0 wouldn’t be for a minimum of end of 2025.
Typhoon comes next year.
Also 2023 is this year, not next year.
China isn’t copy-paste either.
