You got the chalk warrior to agree with me, have you any idea what you’ve done? (I hate autocorrect)
I didnt say they are weak, I just said they are not the best. There are quite a few missiles that are much better than the AIM-9M.
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Li and M are the same in game besides the motor smoke
that was the reason I even said this
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Even though Li should technically have better IRCCM then 9M lol
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Take! Take!
we don’t talk about that
I’m happy we even convinced thr Devs that it was a real missile while the phantom was on Dev
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That just so happens to be the platform with the best flight performance, the one most able to negate the disadvantages of R-73.
When I play Jas39 I find AIM-9M to be ludicrous, you just swan around deleting people and they often can’t do much about it, if they even notice. It is criminal and R-73 isn’t comparable.
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True though im glad it did get it
Idk about that. I don’t even carry 9M’s if the same pylon can mount an AMRAAM. There is very few things a 9M can hit that an AMRAAM cant.
On the other hand, i’d happily drop other things to mount an R-73. Them + HMS basically turn 1v1 turnfights, that you’d otherwise have no chance winning, into a point and click adventure game lol.
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And the award for the most incorrect statement goes to…
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Only at very low speed is the R73 unflareable in dogfights in my experience
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Precisely the speed range it is most likely to spiral off into nowhere!
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Magic maybe but the only reason I say that is the sheer amount of platforms that carry 9M
AIM-9M deniers.
I did not say it’s not great, but okay.
Absolutely, especially because having planes with crazy AoA +HMS and Magik 2 / PL-5EII is straight up just better
( I’m not saying the 9M is bad btw)
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You should never judge a missile based on what it’s attached to. If you do that, you are judging the aircraft, not the missile. The Magic II, R-73 (yes, R-73), and PL-5EII are all just as capable as the AIM-9M, just in different ways.
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that’s why I prefer the R-73
the AMRAAM does everything better than the 9Li, there is no point in not shooting it just before the merge unless the enemy is chaffing already but at that point I may just J out because that merge is lost 95/100 times
Ehh not so sure about that one, ive been 1 flared A LOT with the E2s