on MICA VL ?
i wasn’t aware of that, would you happen to have some kind of source, couldn’t find info on it last i checked
on MICA VL ?
i wasn’t aware of that, would you happen to have some kind of source, couldn’t find info on it last i checked
@_OceanFish @UNN_Daedalos Well, it seems that I’m talking nonsense and that my source was wrong, only the Aster 30 is used by ground-to-air systems.
Nah, i remember it because a comment was pointing that 4 missile was not the best and another answering that the mica vl was received faster or something and that is was gonna be upgraded for the numbers of missiles xd.
yeah sadly :/
Well otherwise we can go directly to the Aster 30 in game but I’m not sure everyone agrees
Germany got Iris t slm so it should be fine, we will just add some competition to it, just need to see which source claim the less range and with the added gaijin nerf it should be the same range ~ /s
no, aster 15 is much better with that huge booster.
SLM’s 40km is no match to Aster, it’s still a AIM-120 size missile, well, most of our new missile is AIM-120 size, they should have similar effective range performance.
I guess it will be MICA VL for FR
I’m a bit surprised Aster-30 only has a 20km ceiling. How does a missile with 3x the range of SLM have the same ceiling? Does the Aster have a remarkably poor altitude performance or the SLM an extraordinarily good one?
ceiling is a bit random sometime it feels like
For example where do you measure it, straight above your launcher, or at max range ?
from the few videos and public data :
Aster 30 accelerates for 3.5s to mach 4.5 (1400m/s), then jettisons the booster. At this time it travelled around 2.4km (3.5s at an average speed of 700m/s)
Then the terminal dart takes over, and its sustainer start burning, no idea for how long though. From what i could see in promotional material, it’s at least around 4s. Assuming it maintains the mach 4.5 speed, it means the missile travelled 8km and is Mach 4.5 by the time all engine burn off
The missile should therefore reach 20km high no problem, so it may be a matter of the lateral thrust + aerodynamic surfaces not working well together above this altitude
The newer variant, B1NT (25km alt, 150km range) may be able to reach a higher altitude altitude because it has a new seeker, that sees much further, so maybe it can anticipate its target movement better and therefore the lateral thrust + aerodynamic surfaces control becomes less of a problem up high ? idk. Should in theory be able to counter some hypersonic targets though
yeah no i think it will come when patriot and S300 / S400 comes to be fair
MICA VL should already be enough for now (20km), and when the NG variant comes around, it should deliver a similar range to SLM (around 40km)
Yes, I was also fascinated by the separate radar and generator, and even more fascinated by the HMMWV, I have been waiting for this machine for a long time. Now I am really looking forward to the HMMWV with TOW and the Avenger.
Seeing as we have multi part vehicles now…
Krug
That suspension seems to be suffering
Not as much as Germany /j
‘New’ nation just leaked…
A nice addition for Great Brittain would be the AS-90.
-British made 155MM self propelled howitser to replace the aging M109 and FV433 Abbot at the time.
(Gun equipment 155mm L131 / SPG)
maybe NG
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