That is, propose the G3M/B5N with the H-6 radar, or suggestions for modification (installation) of the H-6 radar on current aircraft.
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Made the wikipedia page for the AAM-4 accurate and actually decently filled with information, continueing with re-writes to the AAM-5 and F-2, gonna have a wikipedia page for the GCS-1 at some point soon also.
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Wow, the AAM-4 page is really nice now. Finally, I can read wikipedia without having to look at the source for every line.
Each section was basically drawn from its own source, due to the spread of first hand information, working on finding some links for some of the articles sourced which i didn’t have links for though. Adding more citations would’ve just been slapping the same thing repeatedly at the end of each sentence.
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God’s work
Now THIS could fix the Japanese CAS issues.
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F-15SG and Domestic Japanese A2G/A2S armament
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Anyone still wants to see another camo for the F-86F-40?? Like I get some people like the Blue Impulse one that it has but the problem is that for those who doesn’t want to look like an acrobatic team there are no more options for a camo, the 30 has the T-1 colors(I know you have to buy it in the marketplace, I have it) so I don’t know why there would be an impediment to add another camo for the 40, even a plain non-painted camo would be nice…yeah I know camos aren’t a priority but if I’m gonna suffer in the 40 I want to look cool at least
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I have one question after reading the Wiki, it says that the range is now 1.2x from AAM-4. I think they are probably describing the standoff range, but this does not mean that the range has increased. Standoff range here is the distance between the launch vehicle and the opponent at the time the missile enters seeker lock. This can also be achieved with an increased seeker lock distance.
The red line in the image shows “Extension of Seeker Lock Distance” under “Extension of Standoff Range”.
The blue line in the image shows the reason for the standoff range extension: “Increased transmit power”.
In other words, I don’t think the range has increased.
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The sources i used listed seeker guidance range as separate to weapon-standoff range, or else i would’ve thought that yeah. I took their self-guidance distance to be the increase in seeker detection range, as it being the seeker range and stand-off range being the total range lines up much much more closely with the other known values.
In both cases in the image you sent, it uses autonomous detection range as a factor in stand-off range. Honestly I’m slightly confused on it also, as stand-off range should be the range at which the weapon can be used outside the range of enemy weapons effective range. But in that case it should be in comparison to something not as a thing by itself, as the ratio would shift depending on the range of the target’s weapons quite substantially. So, to do as i previously said, i just took it to mean their total effective usable range, as it lines up with the known values for other missiles, and makes much more sense given the context.
I’ve assumed their to be some minor translation error between the strict use of stand-off range as a missiles range past that which the enemy can return fire, to that of the missiles maximum effective range. Also even if it was the an accurate interpretation of stand-off range, the AAM-4B still has longer range then the AAM-4 anyways according to it.
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Does it really exist, or just based on the blueprint?
It is mock up made with sources
A7M3 and A7M3-J wasn’t finished at all
Yes, just looking at that comparison list, the range seems to have increased. However, we need the entire document with that list on it. So please look at this. PDF_H13
It contains both the image I posted and the image from your comparison list. So the standoff range in those two images is the distance between the launching mother plane and the enemy plane at the time the missile enters self-guidance.
In subsequent documents, standoff range is also written as the distance I described. PDF_H21-1 PDF_H21-2
And none of the documents mention anything but improving the guidance section, i.e., the seeker’s capabilities, nor do they say anything about extending the range or improving the flight trajectory. The command guidance before seeker lock is not the guidance part, but the control part.
Yes i know i’ve read the full document before. It still doesn’t change the point that it lists a separate autonomous guidance range increase in the charts aside from the stand-off distance, and that stand-off distance is, as used here, much closer to total range then to seeker detection distance, the weapon does have LOAL after all, an increase in seeker range alone would not help stand-off range by a significant portion.
While I do not have it at on me at the moment, and i will try to find it, i do have papers explaining the 4B has a different guidance logic which minimizes energy bleed against maneuvering targets, which should increase it’s effective range.
Edit: Also, in the full version of PDF_H-13, it does use “attack range” instead of “stand-off range” with standoff range being specifically for the chart comparison.
“したがって、２０１０年代において、航空優勢を獲得するためには、現有９９式空対空誘導弾に対して、攻撃範囲、母機残存性、耐妨害能力等が優れた９９式空対空誘導弾（改）が必要である。”
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Ki-162(The designation has no evidence to back it being official) but the design was proposed.
J7W2 was a jet engine. Not turboprop.
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So you are saying that the standoff ranges on page 5 and 6 of PDF_H13 mean different things?
I find it funny the Blue Impulse aerobatic camo is the tech tree version
No. It clearly says on page 5 that stand-off range is the maximum range at which it can be fired while keeping the host aircraft safe, and that self guidance range is the range at which the missile’s seeker picks up targets.
As i have previously stated, stand-off range on LOAL weapons is not dependent on lock range, if they were to be the same value the their values on the chart should be the same, which they are not.
Nah that looks so bad.