Had it entered production it would’ve been the oldest IRCCM missile to enter service.
It did exist so gaijin could add it, maybe a unique event vehicle or in place of Aim 9L on the JA37Di.
Jaden has more info on the missile but ircc they made like 20 or so with a few test fires.
It was strapped to the Viggen at one point so I don’t see any issues
Was mounted to Drakens also. Its an old missile and its very unique. Id love to see weapons like this in warthunder.
That and the Austrian one with the AIM-9P-5 would be great Draken additions
Didn’t the falcon have some IRCCM properties? Not sure though
I dont remember, sweden had modified falcons amd skyflash but neither are present in game.
Would love falcons though.
Thats if it doesn’t go to Germany.
Found Jadens old post in my bookmarks. He knows way more about the unique missiles than i do.
Also sorry bout the ping Jaden
Pretty sure every IR missile that’s newer than the AIM-9B had some IRCCM properties. They didn’t just wait until the AIM-9M, Magic II, R-73, etc to work on ways to counter flares lol
Is this a IR missile or radar?
IR, Rb73 iirc is the modified and better skyflash. Rb72 is IR
What’s the range of this missile? 10km?
Sorry again for the ping Jaden.
Pretty sure Rb.73 is what the Swedes would called the Skyflash Mk 2 (or Active Skyflash)
You’d have to ask Jaden idk off the top of my head.
Well, if Wikipedia is to be trusted here (and since I have no other sources I’ll have to trust it for the time being) the Rb.73 was a competing development for a Skyflash follow-up. It apparently wasn’t a Skyflash at all, but rather an entirely new wingless ramjet missile.
Sounds like something Jaden may have said so i think that might be correct
Tfw CF105 and TSR2
On another note i suppose these machines cancelled due to politics instead of design flaws should get another run in war thunder
YF-23 please
The article doesn’t list any sources, but it does match stuff that I read over on secret projects
Rb.73 seems to have been the basis for the Meteor missile