Devs gave their answer, they’ve probs thrown all the stinger related bug reports into the proverbial shredder since and do so automatically for any new reports.
Same things happened with the German Leopard 2’s. They wrote a quick article, literally said their own conjecture was illogical, called it a day and laid back to have some “well deserved” vodka
Gaijin casually forgetting that the Leopard 2A7V (entered service in 2021) is newer than the Strv122s (entered service in 1997) and not the other way around...
The gaijin devs writing an article about their position on anything is effectively a death knell for any realism regarding said weapon system. Bug reports have no more meaning after the gods employed at gaijin lay down their verdict, regardless of it contradicting all logic and sources.
Yes, I know what the NASAMS is, afaik the 9X it fires is unmodified. Thats kind of the whole point of the system, to fire a variety of unmodified variants of missiles for air defense.
Mind you the article doesn’t say it will replace mica, just R73 and magic II
That being said the same article points to a new local assembly line, also being able to produce parts for CAMM in addition to ASRAAM, so the deal can make sense to me.
I suppose we’ll see when india signs the deal for navy Rafales or any further deals if they buy a bit of MICA / MICA NG with the new planes or not, it wouldn’t be the first time they used 2 missiles of the same class after all (Magic II, R73)
well a seeker report to either will mean a buff for both. so i wouldnt expect US players to report for ASRAAM specifically unless we got ASRAAM on F-16C and/or F/A-18
It should be noted that as with all forward-projected lot based production, there isn’t one particular flat cost, but each lot with appropriate exercised options will be levied over each production unit as for example there are a number of different configurations for the AIM-9X and within those there are a number of production lots, and further cross-pollination and salvaging / refurbishment between variants as production is scaled to meet demand, and the quantity that are on order, for delivery.
as listed on PDF page #131 the average cost of a AIM-9X Block 1 AUR in 2017 dollars was ~$282,000 across all produced lots + options for the USN between ~2003~2017.
For the Block II, - II Plus (AIM-9X-3), AIM-9X-4-GU (replaces obsolescent Mechanical IMU from the -9X-2, with Laser Ring Gyro based system), and refurbished AIM-9M’s this differs significantly.
