Kh-31 is over performing
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should i be suprised
Oh well, that’s nice
why? is it because it’s faster than the AGM-88?
Top speed at low alt exceeds Mach 2.7. According to documents on MA-31 which is just a Kh-31 with actual weapon stuff replaced with target missile equipment, 2.7 is its absolute max at low altitude and 2.5 is typical for sea skimming
As it was linked above, it still travels with Mach 3,1 after 173 km travelled distance. AFAIK it should be completely out of energy after 160 km.
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which is for the Kh-31A/P and not the Kh-31PD
i dont think that is the case for a missile with over 200km max range
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My interpretation of what Kensai said doesnt conflict with that.
But from 160km ish to 200+km its just operating on whatever kinetic energy it has left and would naturally begin bleeding speed not maintaining it
Weird, I found 160 km for the the PD (the one limited to Mach 3,5 because of friction heating). There is another version with a Mach 4,5 limit because of better insulation which has a higher range.
Did they implement its bad precision at least? A CEP of 5-20 meters + a target hit probability of only 80% if no countermeassures are used by the target (meaning it’s even worse when going up against CMs)?
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Correct me if I’m wrong but even base model Kh-31 max out their speed before ramjet burnout right?
What the actual …?
Are they just laugh at us in plain text at this point?
max speed is 3960 kph arcoding to the brochure for the 31PD
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which would corrospond to mach 3.7 at its max alt of 15km
the base Kh-31P has a lower max speed than the 31PD
and it is listed as 3600kph
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My bad, I should have specified for sea level or close to sea level. At 15km I could see the speed being higher
I feel like you’re asking wrong questions here.
Why the hell is this thing appearing in the game at all?
Because the soviets have the weakest AGMs in game at the moment and clearly needed the buff
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Mixed up the PD with the P on my end. The P is limited to Mach 3,5 while the PD has its limit increased due to better heat resistance.
at sea level a max speed of 3600kph is slightly below mach3
which the Kh-31A also has listed as its max speed
but a lower max range of 70km compared to the 110km listed for the 31P
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An even better question: Why is it carried by planes at BR 11.0 to 11.3 (Su-39 and MiG-27K AFAIK) while the ALARM isn’t allowed to be below 12.0?
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Can they go at least one patch without letting themselves slip?
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