Well we have magic word for that in War Thunder
‘Technologically possible’
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See, the thing is, unless you have ideal launch conditions (which put you at severe risk of getting shot down by other aircraft) you won’t be hitting that 250km range, so you will end up within the range of modern AA systems. But with a 900km range you could pop up, launch, and then disappear, even if the range gets reduced by this it’s still more than enough to stay outside AA bubble
That would be best case scenario
JSOW would be pretty cool
No one is getting shot down from 250km away, not if you drop ordinance and just turn around anyways
might function similar to a spice 1000/2000 as both have a terminal IIR seeker
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Enemy aircraft, even ones playing it safe and staying within the range of their air defence, can still reach you from 250km away from AA with their own missiles
He a diehard US main who can’t seem to grasp, that the “close nations” actually don’t like or at least doesn’t want to be in the US.
US mains as a whole has fueled my spite, that led me to make Churchill suggestion over the stuff I was going to do.
Shameless self-plug:
Err- I’d link my Churchill III and GC (I, II and IV are being worked on) suggestion here, but that’s easier said then done on mobile over PC.
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If we got AGM-154A it wouldn’t be that good since it only has little bomblets, but the B or C would be very interesting
That’s pushing the max range of a meteor, and you’d have to not defend in any way for the couple minutes of flight time that would have, meanwhile you can just drip ordinance and turn around
When you account for the fact that an enemy aircraft playing it safe will stay within friendly AA cover, which for the modern stuff you’d be targeting with SLAM-ER would have 100-200km range, the enemy fighter could be as close as 50km from you, and remember you are going for a max range shot which demands high altitude where the enemy’s missiles work better, so you would still be at risk using SLAM-ER vs JASSM-ER which has no risk to the pilot at all
Ok sure, on a technical level you’re at higher risk, but realistically it makes little difference, and we’re never getting to that point regardless
Well, people said that about supersonic aircraft, then stealth aircraft, then EFT/Rafale, so I think we will get to that point
Also, you are overlooking how there are long range missiles like R-37M, PL-17, and AIM-174B that will effectively be able to reach a SLAM-ER carrier but not a JASSM-ER carrier. I think such missiles will come at a similar time as stuff like a full capabilities SLAM-ER (they may add a nerfed one sooner)
C variant is what should come since it has a IIR seeker
But the B has little heat sub munitions that have their own seekers and just hit everything in an area which is pretty cool
need a update this april that would focus on air to ground munitions : Spice 250,Lizard-3/4,spice 2000,spice 1000,gbu53/b(with a placeholder IIR seeker)agm-154C,Grom-1,kd-88
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It wouldn’t be placeholder it actually does have an IIR seeker
I think you replied to the wrong message.
No, F-15K uses SLAM-ER operationally but F-15E doesnt (was carried on a USAF f-15E but whether or not it could be fired is disputable)
If SK is independent then that means no SLAM-ER for US F-15’s, unless they do add them which would be ideal, which is what I was getting at with original post