ASRAAM which is the UK missile is overall worse other than in terms of range, ASRAAM and AIM-9X are more comparable due to the same seeker.
IRIS-T has DIRCM resistance higher than ASRAAM due to a two-colour seeker (?) which ASRAAM just doesn’t have, in addition to thrust vectoring giving it a rumoured 100g of pull compared to ASRAAM’s 50, however ASRAAM’s predicted range is more than double and the 50g’s of pull is respectable, ASRAAM is also faster.
ASRAAM P3I would incorporate thrust vectoring coupled with the original ASRAAM seeker and a shorter range, I’d guess around 35km instead of the ASRAAM’s normal 50km range. But also ASRAAM P3I whilst proposed, there’s no evidence it was built, just that it had all its technical specifications mentioned.
AIM-9Li would be comparable to AIM-9M but I wouldn’t want my eurofighter to have any equipment worse than whatever the F-15 is using.
It is but they are still part of Germany’s Eurofighter fleet and Gaijin has no exemptions to adding test features to airframes, it will highly depend on who gets what. Germany could get the IRST as well as the AMK kit which I would definitely have a problem with.
Yeah some minor differences but overall mostly comparable which i’d be happy with.
Add AMK into the mix and you get lower fuel burn, which means a lower fuel load, in addition to all the flight performance upgrades, on an aircraft that could potentially receive the best radar (ECRS MK.2) and the IRST as Germany can technically use it.
I got a huge paragraph about it in the German Eurofighter thread but from my quick google literally just now, it would suggest due to the two-colour seeker IRIS-T has increased DIRCM resistance (and not whatever the guy in the other thread said) compared to ASRAAM.
Yep, it can probably even guide meteors. Definitely can Datalink ASRAAM as the ASRAAM can supposedly function as a ‘range extender’ for the IRST but the IRST has a 150km rear aspect range.
ah ok, worst comes to worst might need to accept, german being the superior air fighter variant through amk kit and uk being superior multi role cas because of better cas loadouts. At least until germany gets their pinnacle version , which would be far away
"The Pirate will provide a passive IRST capability to the Typhoon and will permit it to detect and track air and surface targets and will also provide FLIR imagery for low level flight and navigation during all-weather, day or night operations. The Pirate’s hardware is housed in a compact, single line-replaceable unit that contains the optical system and signal processing assemblies. This-state-of-the-art system gives Eurofighter IRST capabilities above that of most fighter aircraft in service today. It complements the aircraft’s active sensors and datalink systems and significantly enhances vital battlespace situational awareness for the Typhoon crew and its missions. "
Oh i know, but I said DIRCM in this thread, because a guy in the German Eurofighter thread, told me ASRAAM was worse because the IRIS-T has DIRCM and ASRAAM doesn’t, but now I look at what he said, DIRCM is a countermeasure, not a seeker system so that makes no sense.
