well good luck with that, it is the same ppl who retired one of the coolest jets for the F-18
the US could also have the ASRAAM but they dicided to make the inferior aim-9x and they are only now starting to catch up to the ASRAAM and IRIS-T with the aim-9x blk 3
the EF is also able of carring all possible Aim-120 variants and they are starting to get AESA radars as well
and exactly that part is why it’s miles better than APG-71 in practical use
it’s like comparing a Good SRC only Radar to a Mediocre PD radar
the captor also has a really high output power
iirc it has a higher output than the AWG-9
I didn’t want to touch on it, but the EFT IRST is garbage. It’s more in line with the even more trash Russian IRSTs. The F-14D’s actually has some power and functionality around it with 190+ mile range.
How is the PIRATE garbage, exactly? And do you have any sources? Same for the russian ones. They are garbage compared to what, and based on what sources?
By your logic the F-14Ds IRST is garbage because the F-35’s DAS has a range of 800+ miles.
Feels like I’ve seen that image with a bunch of different planes photoshopped into it
I would also photshop a F-4F in there, everybody knows it is alot more scary than the f-22
and it would make good propaganda
Except for the landing assistance, I don’t see anything special there. The F-14D IRST has all that.
Yes, compared to DAS the F-14D’s IRST is garbage. It’s not like they’d never be fighting anyway.
yup
you source being?
So… it can display image! wow! magic! clearlyUSwillBEdestroyedTHEYcantHANDLEit!
F-14D manual is expo restricted
it is about what it displays not that it is displaying an imgae
So, it got 2km close and can display F-22 here? well…
it was cheaper to upgrade existing aim9m to 9xs, especially since the US has to field a lot more missiles for a lot more aircraft. Also thanks to some geopolitics, the US wasn’t allowed to develop any new ir missile, only upgrade existing one. (I could have some parts of this wrong since i forgot the full details of it but it’s off topic to begin with so I’ll leave it at that)
i know that but that dosent make the 9x any less bad compared to its equivalents
Can you provide a source?
restricted manual
In-game yeah it’s awful. Better off using a Wii controller as an IRST than PIRATE in-game. But IRL PIRATE is a beast. It’s leagues above the Russian IRST’s if what we know about it is true. Just a shame the devs can’t be bothered to model it correctly or fix any of the bugs with it.
