also question ive seen people say it would be unhistorical for gaijin to give us only 6 Mode 2 brimstones? I dont see how when you could just take the other 12 as Mode 1 and boom the reasoning? the brimstones were set up before launch like that
But generally what kind of manoeuvrability can we expect from the asraam? From what I can tell, most people say it’s one of the lesser manoeuvrable modern ir missiles and trades that for range like the 27et
Who’s we? Anyway the minimum launch range of ASRAAM in the beam aspect (i.e. a situation where the missile has to start turning after launch) is less than the minimum launch range of AIM-9L. As ASRAAM is a lot faster than AIM-9L (and faster = larger turn radius at same g), I doubt that would be possible if the missile could only pull 3g more than AIM-9L.
It’s biggest strength is also it’s greatest weakness. It’s extremely fast off the rails and accelerates quickly. Which means off the rails it has a larger turning circle to its contemporaries like the MICA or IRIS-T.
But it can and still will engage targets in a 360° envelope around the typhoon, just takes a little longer. But it’s main potency will be in destroying aircraft long before they even get a chance to fire