How it works IRL I know. It was a rhetorical question about how it works in game(It doesn’t)
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Aha I see what happened here, the missile starts tracking the enemy AIM-9M then takes inertia calculation from the enemy AIM-9M and essentially treats the enemy jet as the flare.
That shouldn’t happen as in IRL the alternate channel would detect the missile as a flare as the wavelength would differ from the aircraft. It would still trigger the IRCCM circuit But it would maintain the inertia track on the jet until the missile pulls out of FOV.
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Do you have documentation showing that it is able to separate and ascertain the difference in wavelength of the signature?
Hopefully that doesn’t intrude on the territory of classified documents, might I add.
Considering that the basis for flare detection is based on wavelength bands, the general public likely will never know at what intensity and wavelength these motors burn at, unless someone goes out and makes a Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 copy with a formula and then looks at the emissions of light and heat from the burn.
I think you’re making some assumptions on what the two color reticle can do, as far as I’m aware it will almost always automatically decoy to the leading most target towards target vector because of the push ahead.
Question was never about seeker seeing another target. It is about it going down when nothing gives it reason to do so
It took the inertia from the missile launched by the target, and because there was two sources of IR the seeker shut off and inertia tracked. That’s why it went down, it wasn’t without reason.
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All targets were going forward and by intertia seeker should’ve went forward too
Your missile was fired above the target, so the velocity vector of the target from the perpestive of your missile was down, then the sensor shut off and it continued assuming the target was still on that same vector, which by that point the missile need to steer up to ensure a kill. You got unlucky, move on :shrug:
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You can literally see seeker going straight line and then makes sharp turn when seeker shuts off
Did this test happen before or after the MSIP upgrade? Meaning, would it be possible to get an F-15J MSIP with AAM-4 and AAM-5 that also has the IRST on the nose?
After and it’s a separate variant of F-15J iirc
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Ty, I wasn’t sure and didn’t want to go into japanese F-15 variants, they are such a pain.
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IRST began prototyping in 2003 and completed testing in 2010. However, it was found to be faulty and probably has not yet been deployed.
Yeah it’s just a complete mess. I manly use this website to keep at least a little sense of structure
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Most likely not deployed widespread, as they have moved to modifying a 600 gal external tank to act as an IRST pod. But the internal IRST is more than far enough along to expect it as a feature in game.
Quick question, what is an equivalent of F-15J MSIP? I’ve heard that, because F-15J MSIP is a Typhoon’s equivalent for Japan, it might not come in the next update. Is F-15J MSIP just F-15J with FOX 3 capability? or is it something more?