Yeah, have checked this docs too but there is no any mention of IR/UV seeker…
Saw it only in wikipedia and other sites which can’t be the relative source
Another thing is the placement in the tech tree.
My opinion is that it should come after the F-1 while the F-16AJ Line should be kept open for the F-2 when it comes.
What’s your take on that?
Potentially, though I generally rarely launch rear aspect (mostly cause 9Ls) as they’d get seen and flared off.
Ideally the AAM-3 should be faster? I don’t know what the drag is like but it should zoom through since it’s mach 3.5 instead of mach 2.5? Will have to see what the final performance is. I’m sure the current one is a placeholder that was copied off the 9M.
Sadly you’re right. I just dont really imagine the missile that completely replaced the sidewinder would have worse range. Too bad thats not enough for a bug report :/
I hope they quash the issues regarding the AAM-3 as soon as possible, otherwise it’ll be here to stay until we beg and bother Gaijin for about 2~3 years until they decide to change it.
On that note… AAM-3 would be nice if it came to the F-4EJ Kai, to further supplement its historical loadout (although I havent given much thought on how it would sit in BR if it got it)
Checked its range performance in Dev server and it looks better than AIM-9M in range.
Test conditions:
Range 5km. Speed 900km/h. Target - MiG-15 from test flight.
Results: AAM-3 hitted the target and AIM-9M lost all energy and missed.
So it is really better than AIM-9M.