It is unknown if Late blocks ASRAAMs have DL or not as of now, so yes.
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Presumably they must do for over the shoulder launches
Datalink for the missile isn’t needed for over the shoulder shots, only IOG and LOAL for the missile paired with aircraft to aircraft datalink.
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DL is not needed for that.
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good luck with that one lol
Considering that the IRIS-T can’t even reach it’s stated effective range (much less it’s max range), I wouldn’t get your hopes up
Meh.
FGR4 will always be better in terms of everything, except F&F munitions if they don’t add MMW to brimstones.
It’s never a bad thing to have more airframes, so what if the Typhoon is better?
Literally got them last update lmao, it isn’t as hopeless as you think
Ofc it’s not, I just cant find a single reason why I should play Hornet when I got FGR4.
Still not enough on slow platform that has to sacrifice too much for A2G capabilities.
Also they would be stuck without Laser designation, as the AAS-38B, which added the self-designation capability only became available in 1987 (purchased in the mid '90s). LANTIRN(V)4 only got added with HUG 2.4, beginning deployment in 2004 alongside the ASRAAM.
And Australia never bought Walleyes, so it’s non TGP-handoff Mavericks at best, pretty much.
Wouldn’t really stop Gaijin from adding the full A2G capabilities without the ASRAAM, they’ve done it to the Typhoon already lmao
look at swiss f18 in wt
Yes except iirc the Aussie hornet got BOL which means it would look more closely to MLU 2 which is DOA for CAS
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afaik the australian hornets that got bol would be fa18a+ instead of fa18cs so the flight performance would be even worse than the swedish ones
If i’m being honest, the GR.7 would handle CAS better anyways.
Just wish we had something better than TIALD. Though the idea of using a harrier (any harrier) against an IRIS-T, Aim-9X or Python 5 would fill me with dread at the moment .Especailly without BOL
It benefits from the same thing the EF does: our MAW doesn’t suck. Most jets just get folded because IRIS-T/9X/P5 are near-zero signature and clouds block IR MAW. Simply being aware of the threat is already huge even if BOLs are mediocre.
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