This is simply incorrect.
Rocket motor burn time is lower than R-60, but that is not a problem because it accelerates to insane speeds.
Also, short burn time makes it difficult for the player to see the missile.
It also has a smaller FOV than the R-60, so it is less likely to see flares when missile tracks to the target.(and that’s how some IRCCMs missiles such as R-73/Magic II works)
The range is also pretty decent, and depending on the situation, you can hit a target that is hugging near the ground, at the same speed as you, even you launched it from 3km. It is kinda impossible other missiles except AIM-9D/Gs.
It depends on the situation that PL-5B and AIM-9L ignore flares.
BTW, FOV of PL-5B is smaller than AIM-9L.
The PL-5B, literally the best rear-aspect missile, is the reason.
Delusional if you think spamming PL-5Bs against Hunter F.6, Gen’1 Harriers, MiG-21S/SPS-K, Jaguar GR.1, Milan, MiG-23BN or Su-7BMK/BKL in soon™ is good idea.
Some of them are flareless subsonic jets btw.
I literally bought the J-7D on pre-order and have been using it ever since.
At that time they suffered considerably for F-16A and MiG-29A, F-14A/B spam, but after decompression I didn’t feel any problems at all including full uptier games.
There was no need for personal attacks, even if you were one of the random guy who has skill issue just like tons of F-4S spammers.
R-3R is literally radar guided R-3S.
It literally only works against chaffless jets, and even if you were gets launched R-3R, you could still dodge it by just barrel rolling. (Also that’s what I’m doing when I’m on Mirage IIICJ and gets launched R-3R by MiG-21S)
Maybe, it would be OK in sim because R-3R launching doesn’t tell most RWRs but, you can see any missile with red diamond markers in ARB match.
If you are in an aircraft that has chaff and you get wiped by an R-3R, it means you just have massive skill issue.
