The R-73 has IRCCM as well tho
yeah they will be as good. R-73 has Thrust vectoring. thats the only thing thats fundamentally different. So it just depends on your playstyle. you wont be able to just yeet off Pl-9s like you can with the R-73.
An IR missle can not pretty much be an ARHM
with a range of 28kms is very much an ARH already lol (python 5)
actually there are some versions of some missiles that have Active initial phase and IR terminal.
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Do you even know what ARH means?
but they would probably be less efective than an actual ARH AAM that has both initial and terminal guidance via radar.
Happy to see MICA EM model but damn, didn’t expected to see the IR variant.
Guess it’s for later, but damn they are glorious !
EM
IR
Damn !
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theres also missiles with like a bigger booster
yes
you can radar slave python 5s btw
I think you dont actually know how python 5 works
You can radar slave most modern ir missles, doesnt make the r27et a arhm tho
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I mean python 4 is on par with mica IR and we had python 4 for a year
no you cant
Well, guess it would at least be a viable sidegrade then, thanks for clarifying
Buddy yes you can
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only very advanced IR missiles (so 9X II and python 5) can actually receive any information from aircraft’s radar
You got the Python 3 recently, not 4.
python 4 been in testing for 8 months
Wheb you lock an enemt plane with your radar and theb turn on your ir missles seeker, the ir missle slaves to the radars target