Shouldn't aircrafts also deserves AIM-9X since some SPAAs already have them in game?

US:
CLAWS
NASAMS 3

Sweden:
NASAMS 3

:P

Zusammenfassung

Total 3 even :)))

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Balancing? Never heard of it.

U.S and other NATO nations don’t need anything better than the 9M right now. 9M’s serve perfectly fine for what they are

Because you play r77 spams… usa is suffering right now

TBF, in game it won’t be getting that lock range with how lock ranges are currently implemented.

Poor Aim-9Ms still waiting on getting their like 12km lock range.

(This does make me wonder though, which missile has the longest lock range of the 5th gen IIRs? IIRC the AAM-5 is claimed to have 3x the lock range of an AAM-3, so putting an AAM-3 at around 9M levels of range that would be well over 30km…)

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i mean r-27et and r-24t should have the best lock ranges out of any missile in game rn and they don’t even come close to what they do irl…

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I yearn for true IR-based BVR combat…

tbf at top tier, ir based bvr would be essentially useless due to maws

Not all jets have MAWS at top tier. F-18E/F, F-15C GE, SU-30SM2, F-16CM PoBIT.(If you take all 6 missiles), etc. They all would be at a disadvantage

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oh yeah, thats true. But by the time next gen ir missiles come, I would bet all nations will get a maws equipped aircraft other than america and israel

US can get MAWS with F-15EX. IIRC export variant of F-15EX have MAWS. Since export variants have MAWS, That would mean even American F-15EX are compatible and hence it could be added

If F-15EX does not get MAWS they we would have to wait for 5th gen to get MAWS :(

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yeah, other than maybe EX through technicality, I don’t think there’s any 4th gen fighter with maws for israel or america…

Also just in case some people still think 9X would be the only next gen IR in game and will come to US only
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So this means Su-30SM/SM2 can have MAWS because of the export Malaysian Su-30MKM right? RIGHT? Let’s play this game

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Lol. You could try it since gaijin realllllly loves giving things based on compatibility. Also just wait for Indian SU-30 which can carry MICA and hence one could argue to add mica to all SU-30 (I am still angry about AH-64E)

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There’s been a precedent with the rafale originally getting the 8MICA loadouts when they first came out, thanks to Indian F3R also getting them. Even if since then there has been new sources showing that Rafale did test the 8 MICA load out even earlier than the F3R variant on full production aircrafts.

Unfortunately no, even if that’d be rather funny.

Su-30MK isn’t advertised/offered with MAWS, unlike F-15EX.

30MKM’s MAWS/LWS is the customer’s personal request.

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also US F15EX’s retain the mounts for the MAWS system, unlike the russian SU-30s

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This is completely stupid, IIR is not even modeled ingame, it would be the same as the block 2. You’re also acting like the AIM-9M is garbage, while it’s superior in some aspect but just gets outturned.

If the 9x would be added it would be the best IR missile in every metric that matters, by your same logic the r74 should also be added willy nilly

You’re missing the point, when people make posts like this they only want it for their respective nation, and others shouldn’t receive them