Best case scenario is being able to carry one ASRAAM and one IRIS-T for last-ditch emergencies or when someone comes up behind you.
I guess when they add these missiles, I need to start carrying alot more flares…
Which is another core reason why I hope they are nation specific. Being able to take both might be too OP.
Eh… I doubt they’ll be any harder to flare than 9Ms are. As in 1 flare defeat 99% of the time
Though hopefully we actually get BOL by then
Depends. FoV as big as the AIM-9M? Easy. FoV as small as the R-73 with seeker-shutoff? Much harder.
Problem with the current IRCCM implementation of the AIM-9M is that it only relies on seeker-shutoff and none of the other IRCCM mechanisms this missile should have are implemented (flare rejection, push ahead, etc.). Every weak BOL flare is enough to trigger the seeker-shutoff and keep it active until the flare either burns out or leaves the FoV.
Yeah… but still. No way that IIR is modeled to be better than dual-mode seeker than the R-74 will have
Purchasing 35s means you purchased a bulk order that comes with 120s… regardless of if you want them or not, as for meteors; theyre already integrated on the B and A its just a rollout to the fleet which is on the squadrons as far as timelines
It’s not integrated. Separation and firing trials haven’t even started.
The furthest it’s progressed so far is flight trials with an inert/drill missile in the bay on F-35B - no motor, no seeker. F-35A hasn’t even flown with the missile yet.
Meteor integration is still months away from live firing trials, let alone IOC.
Isn’t this mainly because of Raytheon stone walling the integration for years
If only as part of the deal we were allowed to integrate our own weapons… tier one partner something something.
…haven’t even started…
it has started, you just haven’t seen it yet and i cant show you.
unfortunately most of this sits on the UK ministries and them either waiting on domestic builds or proposed munitions to further develop so that they can have an alternative route for potential options yet to be built in order to have something self contained within their own industrial sphere… hence why the integration on the Italian A models was so quick, basically next day in respect to when Italy actually got their A models on station.
LockMart is the one who should be handling Meteor integration, Raytheon just mostly does missile electronics, design and assembly. They don’t even do rocket motors.
Or the UK should be handling the intergration if the US didn’t break the terms of the contract
So to return to the Typhoon.
2 things
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I just had an F-16 appears as “jet” on NCTR I guess thats the new F-16? (battle log only stated F-16C)
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anyone else feel like the ECRS Mk2 is a little… Ghosty… since the major update? Keep having it loose track of a contact, follow a phantom contact for a few seconds and then return to the contact. Definetly no notch
They made some changes to TWS. Expected as much…