In the game, su-27sm and mig-29smt may be buff by mounting the r-27ea

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Just going to leave this here.

This is the performance difference amongst R-27ER (EA is just ARH ER), Aim-120A, R-77, and Fakour with a 50km launch and a 2400kph (two planes going supersonic head-on at 10,000m).

The time to impact is the following.
Fakour = 32 seconds.
R-27ER/EA = 37 seconds.
Aim-120 = 39 seconds.
R-77 = 41 seconds.

From a BVR perspective…the R-27EA would probably work out as a slightly better Aim-120A with the drawback of being launched from something with abysmal flight performance (MiG-29SMT) and limited to only 2 of them. Or launched from something with good flight performance and up to 6 of them…but has abysmal radar performance (Su-27SM).

The range advantage that the R-27EA would also probably be offset by the fact that F-15C with AMRAAM and F-16C with AMRAAM loadouts are able to climb better, reach supersonic faster, and be able to launch their missiles sooner or from thinner air.

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Yeah but the 9B1103 is also used on R77-1 (RVV-SD) and should be similar. The only thing is it is 9B1103-K and not 9B1103M.

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The only difference is between electronic implementation, in which case the 77-1/77M would be on-par.

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Since the most recent update the Fakour-90 received a large buff in it’s maneuverability making it practically impossible to evade from far distances.

It’s the best BVR missile in-game in my opinion (and hard emphasis on BVR), only downside is the poor seeker which it ahistorically inherited from the AIM-54.

The close range performance compared to something like the R-77 or AIM-120 however is still poor due to the incredibly heavy weight of the missile.

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Not sure what the difference between 9B1103K and 9B1103M though, any idea? (K for R27EA and M for RVV-SD)

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