logic of one nation having a better missile by big enough margins it’s noticeable. It just forces people to grind the country that has the best missiles instead of focusing on making the people choose different missiles by different playstyles.
Imagine a long range low G pull missile and high G short range. People wouldn’t be saying OH one’s OP, instead they’d choose the one they like better.
The way it is now, people have to scour through datamines and just pick the clear winner, which for now is AAM4 after update we get another datamine and people hop on the next best tree.
They should, when it’s balanced. Plenty of planes use weapons they never did and lack weapons they used in the name of balance. Not sure why Japan using the AIM120A for now would be a big deal.
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I wouldn’t mind them getting the same missile, for either country
yeah i will agree balance its an issue here and hence some stuff for example AAM-4 its bigger than AIM-120 F15-J MSIP can only carry 4 AAM-4 and F15C can carry 6 AIM-120, but its up to gaijin the balance, is just that dont discredit japan developement they are pretty darn fast at developing stuff, so saying how AAM-4 is better than AIM-120 when its “just a copy” wich is false dosent really help with the argument of balance
balancing this is gonna be a nightmare, and giving AIM-120 to all countries its gonna annoy everyone cuz they dont get their own domestic missiles, for example france, USSR, Israel, Japan, china
AAM-4 is a domestic Japanese design, no one else in game will get those.
AIM-120 is the US design medium ARH, it was produced first and its general shape and planar fin array are iconic. AIM-120A/B/C are largely all the same, the AIM-120C-5 and onwards get significantly increased range.
design of AAM-4
Design of AIM-120 A
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both designs follow the philosophy of a relatively heavy warhead, and the need to balance the weight with a different style of fly, for example both of them loft in order to keep energy at the end and in order to have a higher range but the difference is that japan’s is more advanced in terms of electronics and systems, and US uses more explosive, some are different like MICA EM wich are meant for more shorter ranges like 20 km for example
i don’t even have rank 2 air in Japan
You just have to deal with it. Gaijin can’t even give the Aim-120 its correct seeker range. It’s 16 km’s should be 22.
As if the falcon gives the amraam a better seeker range lmao
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I fear to tell you this, but did you look at the actual weapon development going around in the world?
US literaly only produces good Aircraft nothing more. Sadly they dont follow the philosophy with their missles.
US missle systems are the cheapest all around option.
But near to all countries have developed and have better missle options in use actively.
Quick examples for europe.
US AIM 9X gets out performed by IRIS-T and ASRAAM, as far as i am aware by the israly missle as well
The AIM 120 is bad as well, getting out performed by Meteor, and the french missle
Once we start getting to the actual most modern weapon system in war thunder. US will propably the worst armament wise no matter what, because their missle systems will be the worst
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I’ve been told twice already.
The AIM120 is getting replaced by the AIM260 this year.
And while missile to missile, European variants may be better but Europe can’t compete volume wise. Having a better missile doesn’t matter if you can’t field enough of them. The true strength of the US doesn’t get represented in War Thunder.
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In game?
Yeah because it’s totally skill based to fight an easy battle against an inferior vehicle
lol what an awful take… block worthy tbh
JApuN Ned misel buht u ess canut huv wurs vursion cuz uhhhhhhhhhh THEY DONT NEED IT xdxd (((((
lets talk about once it reaches that point lol
well its great we are talking about a game isnt it?
Sure, but you’re comparing much smaller militaries with fewer vehicles to arm. The US chose not to by the ASRAAM and upgrade the AIM9 with the new seeker. The X is also compatible with aircraft that already carried the later AIM9s, so it was cheaper to upgrade the fleet.
i mean, so does the IRIS-T, compatible with all sidewinder users. Its nothing special
Still like i said, for the game, US will have the worst armament. And it will become very noticeable at one point
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From what I know, Germany backed out of the ASRAAM program and Britain decided to change the motor, so the US developed the X.
Like I said, the US military is a global force. It has different logistics and goals to meet.
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