So… Wont be September major update, probably not the kind of thing planned for the usually smaller October updates but I still reckon it will be the core part of the Decemeber major update, which was what I was thinking anyway, . They dont say anything there about “wont be in 2025”.
Gives time for them to finish refining them via SAMs and add more of them in SAM form
Heck, they were denying the Typhoon being added “anytime soon” in the weeks leading up to its announcement
im not sure but i think bvvd said that they were planning to add IIR missiles along with 5th gen fighters.
point is if they add IIR missiles it will have better flare resistance than already existing ir missiles , so you would need even more flares to defend against such missiles. low number of CMs would be a major issue especially in a 16v16.
Most IRCCM missiles are currently 1 flare defeats most of the time. So actually requiring more than 1 would be rather nice. but this is off topic for now
can we test this theory right now ?
No, but i’ve used enough AIm-9Ms to know that hte IRCCM doesnt work in front aspect and most other missiles are easy to deal with. Heck had a magic II be defeated by some thin air earlier
It takes a few good bursts to throw them off.
If they fixed it that would be fine aha.
The Meteor is pretty old too. I doubt the U.S. would make a new missile the size of the AMRAAM just to be worse than the Meteor than can already be compared with the AIM-120D-3. Same goes for the AIM-120D which entered service in 2014 (afaik), but we might even see a newer AMRAAM until the AIM-260, like the AIM-120E
Meteor’s seeker is AD4A’s derivative
So most likely MICA copy paste
Note that meteor has solid propellant to accelerate in the initial phase
Considering how little is known avout both missiles, no such claim can really be made
Not sure it can be compared with D-3 really…
Which is fine? Meteor isn’t there to be used 10km away, that’s what ASRAAM is for.
And that’s the beauty of throttle. It can slow down to wait till the target “reappears”.
Yep.
There is no telling how will META look like when missiles like Meteor come. Remember, all missiles are made to be notched very easilly by skilled players. That may change when Meteor comes and bigger maps too.
meteor prob simply cares less about launch parameters, maybe this graph is for low altitude launch
It’s kind of perfect in a way, down low, air density is higher so you get more mass flow and thus thrust. Up high you have less thrust but less drag. Only downside is a cap on maximum speed.
Missed that part, and while it’s true it may accelerate less than C5 (despite the small solid propellant piece), the max speed is simply stated at “Over mach 4”, “>M4” or “M4.5”, so same max speed as Mica basically (except it burns for longer of curse)
i think meteor will still be the best (or alteast in the top 3) the only disadvantage would be the number of meteors carried by a fighter compared to other jets , eft can only carry 6 meteors max , rafale-4 compared to 6-12 fox3s on other fighters.
