No IR missiles for Dassault Rafale?

Noticed in the dev stream that the Rafale had no IR missiles…

I get that the actual MICA IR seeker’s capabilities (in short, TWS BVR+DL capability until IR seeker turns on; like a Fox-3 missile but no RWR warning when IR seeker active) would be a little much but everything else about it has been normal since the addition of the MICA EM.

I would have thought it would be added in a ‘lessened’ state i.e., none of that was mentioned above but simply as a short to medium range missile similar in range to a R-27T with the same maximum G overload of its sister the MICA EM. Of course, as France is no stranger to gatewidth IRCCM it would have the same as its Magic 2 for simplicity sake.

Not upset, complaining or anything. Just an observation with a possible short-term fix in the near future, hopefully. Unless of course Gaijin plans to implement the MICA IR as-is to its real-world capabilities then nevermind do as you will Gaijin what’s a couple more months 🫡

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MICA IR can’t be added.
R-74 would have to be added alongside AAM-5, AIM-9X, etc which the game isn’t ready for.

Not having IR missiles at top tier isn’t a significant drawback, as most of them are situational nowadays, and the jump between those and the IR version of the MICA would be completely overkill.

‘suffer’ being stuck with only ARH, you’ll like it.

It already was denied multiple times in RRD due to it (aswell as comparable missiles such as ASRAAM, IRIS-T and such) being to powerful for now. Also please use the proper tags.

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