Isn’t the N010M a PESA radar
No
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So the only thing missing Is the ability tò lock more targets at once.
In my experience, the AIM-9M has a better irrcm than the r73.
For example, the R73 very easy to flare if you fire it from the front, side, side-rear.
AIM-9M only from the front.
Virtually impossible to flare is R73 if you fire in rear aspect.
AIM-9M in rear aspect, side-rear aspect, side aspect
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This is exactly what I experience with both missiles.
R-73 has 1 advantage
The Aim-9m has as many as 3 in the IRCCM deadline.
Somehow I’ve been noticing oddly lately that my R73/R27ETs prefer to fly at allies rather than enemies.
Recently I met an @ARK_BOI in my team and unfortunately my R73 instead of flying into the enemy flew into him, likewise the other R73 preferred to fly into another ally rather than the enemy by which it threw me out of the game for “team killing”.
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Sure but that doesn’t negate the disadvantage of tracking suspension. By simply changing direction while flaring you can evade any 9M.
very hard to change direction when someone fires aim-9m at you from ~2km and you are flying mig-29smt as a brick ~1100km/h spamming flares all the time and trying to change direction.
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I think at that range any missile with IRCCM is pretty deadly either way.
If someone fired that rocket at you and you are flying centrally with your back to it, it will 100% hit you and no flares will help.
But here I’m talking about the side/side-rear where the R-73 is easy to flare, and the aim-9m no.
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It has gotten me thrown out for team killing as well. It seemed to start doing this for me ending of last week. They seem to actively go for team mates as well. I use pure IR set up and R27ETs in all My mig29s since SMT release.
I actually started to take a break in the Mig29s and playing the Aim9M in the F16C and Harriers. They are exactly as you say I will fire side aspect and they can care less about the flares. I fire them out to 3km way from a subsonic harrier.
Rear aspect is not the issue as all missiles are pretty deadly in rear aspect anyway.
Funny thing is that stephanovic wrote that the r73 has a much better irccm and yet not
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fake r-73 will go for flare
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If the enemy moves after flaring AIM-9M flies right past, how is it better?
Here we go… We must defend our daddy developer as if they always kept their word in everything.
Yeah Smoak, If the enemy does a twisty twist, barrel roll donkey kick and the Aim-9M flies right past, how is it better?
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I don’t understand the question so I won’t answer it.
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He is attempting to say without being direct is that the aim9M can be flared, so what are you talking about.
Being fully aware that has nothing to do with what you or anyone is talking about. Obviously, we know it can be flared and no one said it cannot.
He is just not able just say it in a coherent way lest the question look foolish. It is nothing but a tactic to muddy water, obscure the truth and discredit your testimony without directly addressing it.
Translation: AIM-9M misses if the target moves his mouse after flaring so it’s better for the current meta (console players don’t have a mouse) lol
I find the R-73 universally better, able to hit things in point blank head-ons, has fantastic IRCCM when used properly against optimal targets where the AIM-9M just turns the seeker off and flies off into the sunset forever chasing the forbidden heatsource
I’m not available today but tomorrow we can do testing if y’all would prefer. I’ve already said the AIM-9M is better for the current meta but that doesn’t make it’s IRCCM superior.
Good for you.
I wonder what the R73 being able to maneuver better in point blank head on has anything to do with the IRCCM.
What does the sun have to do with it when the R73 loves the sun more when trying to obtain a lock in the first place with the high off boresight capability.
Everything has “fantastic” IRCCM when used against optimal targets. Lol thanks for being specific.
No one is talking about against optimal targets. How specific do these guys have to be?
For a missile that was designed to be shot high off boresight and not directly behind someone is definitely underperforming. It’s completely counter intuitive to the purpose it was designed.
The entire point of the missile was to kill targets without having to be directly behind them.