Huge doubt for EW, maybe a tiny bit of more modern ECM (probably towed decoys soon).
Personally, I’m not expecting IIR A2A missiles for this update, but if they are coming, I sure hope they won’t be made available at 13.0 and below…
Also still not sure who to believe when it comes to the R-74s “realness”
That I think was confirmed by both sides to have shot down a MiG 29 at some insane distance! Sooo it probably fits this category of next Gen Fox 3…though the R77M probably more so
Exactly this. These missiles used by the S-300, BUK M3, SAMP/T, and Type 03 all cost tens of millions of dollars. They should not be machine gunning them willy nilly at everything in the sky. They should only fire if:
This would stop the long range SAMs from shooting someone who just took off or is making a fast popup attack (for something like an S-300, there is no point at shooting someone who is popping up for a short period of time because they will quickly get back down to the ground and break LOS)
It should be compatible with any aircraft that can fire AMRAAMs, since its meant to replace them. It even shares the same dimensions.
It is an SM-6, just without the large booster.
I think Proto-EW/ECM (really basic implementation, just laying the framework) could be this coming major
can anyone identify the plane in the back?
Don’t forget the Sargent Stout. It would probably be one of the better ones since it has proxy ammo and a hemispherical aesa radar like the Spyder AIO with 360x65 degree scanning angles.
kinda reminds me of a Wellington
The data min about the towed decoy I think is a dead give away
Looks like a Wellington, dunno what else it could be
If we restrict the SAMs to be more realistic, shouldn’t we also restrict the players?
I don’t think the militaries would put full loads of A2A missiles on planes or let them fly with only A2G and no A2A weapons
It wasn’t even just a datamine, there were controls added to the dev server for firing towed decoys and similar things. Though that was probably a mistake, I don’t think they meant to reveal that so early.
not with that tail, its a twin tail the wellington has a normal one
Most likely not “atmosphere” but “ionosphere” and radars using this are also called “Over-the-horizon radar”, but these are really low resolution radars with a very low operating frequency (3 to 30 MHz), which is even lower than the frequency of radio broadcasting stations.
The 400 km range of the ship radars most likely applies to very high flying targets, because in 400 km distance a target has to be at a height of ~12,6 km to be above the horizon for the radar to spot it. Most jets can operate or travel at these or greater heights.
Edit: Interestingly “refaction” of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere is a variable which “bows” the wave downwards and seems to make it possible to “see” targets below the geometric horizon. For the case of 400 km, the target can only be at heights of ~9,4 km to become visible. Over the ocean this effect is the strongest as the evaporating water forms something akin to a natural waveguide for radar waves.
That doesn’t look like a twin tail to me
Or is there another plane that you are talking about?
Well if they are flying CAP missions, it would be reasonable for them to just be carrying A2A missiles only, or with drop tanks as well. F-15s did this pretty often during ODS. And for A2G missions, I can’t think of any top tier planes that don’t at least have a couple of recessed missile pylons or wingtip pylons for A2A missiles only, so players are already forced to either take at least a small amount of A2A missiles, or just leave those pylons empty.
you see how there is no shadow in the between ?
Day 1323 of waiting for Polish tech tree
