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.
but for amraam being higher is straight up better.
so, comparsion could be just on low alt, to get more attention “wow look meteor is kinda cool!”
Straight up better, but you are still going to be firing at a max of like 100km really.
So it’s 3-6x better at low altitude in this theory. Fine, why is that a bad thing?? That’s a huge capability improvement. Even if it drops to say 1.5-2x at higher altitudes(worst case), that’s >>200km.
or could be similar-ish, but that’s ramjet and cool thing about it that you can change speed.
cruising meteor… sounds cool
The Gripen E might just be the best equipped Meteor carrier since it can carry 7 of them
Not sure if I missed any, but this does look like some good news for future Swedish air
And Japan air once Thailand receives their first JAS39E hehe
how, does it get 2 way datalink
I got a feeling you start putting current LRAAM and upcoming MRAAM on there it starts to look a little dated…
Yep
I don’t see that being the case, by modern MRAAM I assume you mean something like AIM-260. I don’t see it making up such a massive kinetic energy deficit as demonstrated by the rear aspect difference.
i dont see that happening.
PL-15, AIM-260, and R-77M.
No one said it would beat it outright in every category, only that it makes it look like very dated information with the laughably small MRAAM circle.
I mean yeah that’s fair, it is like getting on 10 years old that PowerPoint iirc.
i can see aim260 exceeding it as a overall package, i dont see r77m doing the same tho. i assume you mean pl16 and maybe but we’ll see
I can’t see 260 exceeding it other than head on ultra long range engagements, meteor just has a much greater energy store. Oh and obviously shorter range engagements due to its length and body lift/tail control.
i wager the aim260 will exceed the meteor by a decent amount in head on scenario, dual pulse allows for extreme lofts and aim260 will likely have funky propulsion.