I wonder if they’ll ever test air launching an SLM…
Iranian F-14’s have fired Hawk’s
i mean IRIS-T SLM
Ah, thatd be interesting, not sure if theres really a reason for that tho since you’d be dropping capacity in exchange for range
just in case emergency BVR missle
i can imagine them being used as a sort of R-27ET competitor ig. you keep the normal one for short range but exchange an amraam for this.
might just not be worthwhile though, thats up for the airforces to decide
all nations that use the IRIS-T use the meteor though, so its highly dubious its worth the trade in the first place. And the Russians use the R-27ET because of low confidence in their radar missiles afaik. They’d volley fire an ER and ET, the ER for the head-on and the ET for when they turned around to avoid the ER.
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true, although pilots have stated that they would like to have this capability.
so for no particular reason i was looking at Diehl’s brochure again and noticed that it doesnt just say that its compliant with existing analog sidewinder interfaces, but also, that it’s compatible with existing digital sidewinder interfaces.
so i’m assuming that this means that, if installed on an aircraft with a digital sidewinder interface, the “analog” restrictions do not apply(i.e. should go up to its 90° off boresight).
datalink shots should still require additional software changes
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It makes a distinction between the analogue sidewinders electronics and the aircrafts digital interfaces. I don’t think it’s discussing a digital sidewinder interface…
so then what kind of existing digital aircraft interfaces would that be?
it has to be some sort of missile interface
Any digital architecture for missile control? Most aircraft had this prior to IRIS-T?
so then does it make a difference for using the full off-boresight range of it?
I don’t see how it is relevant.
then i dont see how your comment is relevant as i specifically mentioned this for the higher off-boresight capability given through the digital interface.
Yes, there are analogue interfaces for sidewinder acquisition that it can detect and convert into information to know where to look and seek out targets. If this is limiting the off-boresight acquisition capability of the missile it is also compatible with the digital architecture of other modern fighters. This allows it to be fit into stations that were previously only compatible with the AIM-9 but it does not mean that it can fulfill the full off-bore envelope on any station or aircraft without the added digital architecture.
I would not necessarily say low confidence.
Just as with stealth technology the doctrine simply is different.
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Do anyone know if the IRIS-T is able to loft for optimised long range shot?
Unlikely as it’s primary purpose for longer range is anti-missile missile.
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