ARH, SARH and IR refer to guidance types and have no direct relation to range or flight performance
but python 5 can be guided through radar too, so its a fox…1?
Isn’t datalink quite litterally just a means of connecting one location/object to another location/object?
So no matter if it’s a connection between a radar and a missile or a connection between 2 radars, it would still be datalink.
Less effective range sure, but the passive tracking provided by an IR guided missile is a massive advantage. Python 5 seems to have 40km of range it seems, but with LOAL for BVR ofc.
Ik that when +2 radars focus on an area to find and lock a target, its data link
not with the seeker in the missile so its IR
no again
Fox 1 is the nato code for SARH missiles, does the Python 5 require a constant radar guidance from the launching platform?
but it should have a receiver like SARHs and ARHs to get information from main radar
MICA IR with it’s 50-60 km of range:
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No, but nor does it not
I want proof
But datalink is quite litterally just a means of connecting different locations/objects.
So a radar (object 1) connecting and feeding information to a missile (object 2) would still be datalink.
I mean ZA is not exactly on friendly terms with the UK or the Commonwealth either.
It seems so far WW2 is all that’s considered when using a sub-tree for Gaijin.
if you take the word “datalink” yes but the action itself in a military space, it means that 2 radars try finding a thing and also like lock it up having as back up the other radar
If it’s seeker is homing IR signatures its a IR missile, being able to give it orders via a data link doesn’t turn it into a ARH or SARH
= stronger radar
No. Data linking is literally just that, linking data between devices
medium range IR missile = MRIRM
new word