Agreed.
However my plan with any amraam equipped jet would be to start that match with full amraam load, climb, launch at high targets, rtb, reload with a more close in load, then join the remaining fur balls.
Shar FA2 for example, would be takeoff, get high, launch all 4 amraams, rtb, reload with 4 9M and 2 amraam and go in for the fur balls.
At the time, no, this was prior to F3 getting amraam capability.
But again, point still stands, if amraam outrages what your opponent has, being a brick doesn’t matter.
Shar fa2 was the first UK jet equipped with amraams, which is why it’ll be an ideal test bed for amraams when added.
Yes, as you said, it’s a brick, but with missile capability, it won’t be OP or meta.
If AMRAAM is modeled correctly I would continue to takeoff with as many as possible.
If we get true pitbull mode, then Yeah, same.
I don’t know what you mean by that, but we already have pitbull mode for Fox-3s.
Wouldn’t even be close
Sorry?
Do we?
IIRC all ARH missiles in game require aircraft radar lock before launch.
Amraam can be launched and instantly go pitbull, locking on the first target its seeker sees, without a radar lock from the host aircraft.
A Mach 2 capable jet versus a Sub Mach capable jet, with the Mach 2 jet having the ability to fire a missile with longer range as well…
You mean mad dog?
No, fox-3s can be fired from TWS.
Your suggestion would require a spool up and lock similar to an IR missile, without the radar slaving it there would be no way of doing this without making it essentially just usable like a fox-2… and I don’t really see the point as every aircraft with Fox-3 will have a TWS mode. So select target you want on TWS, arm and launch… it’s the same as real life. No hard lock necessary.
Yes, more than likely.
Been a while since I played DCS so all the terminology has all but gone
Think he means mad dog, which means with the missile selected, if you press fire it will launch and self guide to a self designated target.
I’ve confused my terminology, I meant mad dog as fireball mentioned.
Down side to this is you can accidentally fire.
I understand this. It’s pointless. Unless you want to ramp up TK’s… the current methodology of just using TWS and being able to fire without a STT lock is all we need. Otherwise ACM lock, launch… simple stuff really.
Mad dog can be useful for close ranges shots on aircraft without HMD. But yeah ultimately it’s just a realism feature and nothing particularly crazy.
Not exactly pointless as you can use it in a similar way to an IR missile.
I’d rather not be TK’d by a point blank 35+G radar missile constantly.
I mean you can still get TK’d by high G pulling IR missiles at close ranges.
So nothing really new