Yeah my problem is the leader leaving, in the case of Storm Shadow/SCALP, at it’s core it was a french design with some changes, and UK not having an active line at the opposite of France, so it’s not a problem for them to stop investing into it, SCALP mk2 is most likely a french only upgrade too.
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I don’t know exactly who was leading the MLU program specifically. While the UK was the initial “contractor”, and they were the overall architects, it might be that MBDA internally changes the lead team from say, a UK team, to another European entity. Also, overall, the changes to the MLU might largely be seeker and other electronic upgrades, which might not necessitate UK’s financial involvement - for example the seeker will probably still use a MICA NG derivated seeker
Nice, so AARGM-ER for blue force in the future aka next major update (additionally BUK-M3 gets replaced by S300 next minor patch). Only thing missing is now six ARM loadout for the EF or at least four without having to sacrifice A2A loadout :D
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And its inbuild ESM :3
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Besides range and MMW seeker what advantage with AARGM-ER have over AGM-88C?
it looks cooler
real awnser:
Spoiler
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GNSS maybe?
Even ARMs like ALARM that should ahve basically no drift, follow the same gaijin standard that IOG = dozens of metres of drift.
So if they did have GNSS over IOG, then they would probably be a lot more accurate
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Yea, it does look cooler then AGM-88C
i kinda hope the EF´s dont get AARGM-ER, at best they should get AARGM as that is the only one planned to be integrated (with EF EK but who cares atp)
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With sound mods now finally back, Finally decided to take the EFT out for a spin and god-damn those instructor changes are nice. You can do this crazy thing called “turning”.
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first word of the bulletpoint my friend and idk who is integrating the AARGM-ER tbh (germany isnt afaik), i think this is them betting on germany procuring the ER for the EF EK in the future since we have procured the normal AARGM already
EFT could not turn before?
Germany is integrating it, that is also why they bought both the normal and er version.
we are only procuring the AARGM base
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The Rudder/Instructor was useless. When you turned, the rudder would oscillate constantly, causing the tail to flop all over the place. Every turn took way longer as a result and you bled speed like crazy. At low alt and low speed it could even cause you to stall and crash.
Now, when you turn, the rudder does its job, and turns are a lot more smooth.
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Nevermind, you are right, idk why in the preview of the article it showed aargm-er.
base AARGM already has that, this brings improved warhead, speed, range, improved passive guidance as well as active MMW over the AGM-88C. from what i understand it will be sort of like a US Kh-31PD that has a better minimum range and much better seeker.
the mention of the lifting strakes, as well as higher altitude and thermal shielding makes me think it will be significantly faster than the old AGM-88’s and loft very high up
So I was correct then. Given the question is what would AARGM/AARGM-ER have over AGM-88C.
Speed and Range would be handy, but MMW wont be added obviously.
i hope they also add regular AARGM for EFT and F-16 as well as F/A-18C late