no it wasn’t its a completely domestic missile. if anything its closer to the sparrow in terms of development. (as in the AAM-4 was meant to replace sparrows they had.)
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AESA AMRAAM is irrelevant, that was AAM-4B
AAM-4 is a japanese missile. US did not develop or use it.
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Why shouldn’t the US get the AIM120C with Japan getting the AAM4?
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Because it isn’t needed
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Is the AAM4 needed?
America is getting the AIM-150C on the F-15C, as shown in the trailer.
Yeah as Japan won’t have a fox 3 without it
Give them the AIM120A.
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No please Cry about it
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AAM-4 is completely domestic, they didnt even use AIM-120 as base
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Who’s crying?
japan main thing is their domestic weapons wich are unique over the american weaponry, plus they never operated AIM-120A they operated AIM-120C’s and only operated a few of them in their F35’s because they couldnt get their AAM-4’s in the F35 due to US stuff
You AIM-120C isn’t needed yet
Japan never used AMRAAM and should have its domestic ARH
Could have sworn in the “Boot up” sequence of the trailer it said “AIM-120C…………Match found…….F-15C”
they kind of did but never on their F15J MSIP
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not entirety true they tested 120Bs on them
https://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/adtw/adm/shiken/kakoshiken_missile2.html
and they have a whole stock of AIM-120s all of which are compatible they even have the LAU-128 rails for wing mounted AIM-120s.
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Probably just so they have something until the Mitz F-2
dang didnt knew about that, prob something gaijin didnt knew or gaijin just decided to start adding their locally produced missiles so they could have something unique over another F15C copy and paste, also F15J MSIP its missing the 360 HMD now that i think about it