R77 series have stupidly high amounts of drag, probably somewhere near transonic region. It has considerably much less drag in supersonic regime where the missiles cruises after launch. While it would be still more than planar fins, it would still help its range a lot
It would not, because with most launches in-game it would spend most of its time in the “higher” drag band. Currently it gets to spend that time with a lower drag value than it should have.
Launches post mach 1 in early bvr joust would barely effect
Pretty sure aam4 have much less range in game,even less than aim120a/b doesn’t sound realistic to me. Idk where you are getting the less maneouvrability from
Better seekers would be on aam4b iirc, with the aesa seeker
idk where you got they got less range than an aim120, they got basically the same range in almost all conditions while being much more maneuverable.
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Yes the AAM-4B has the AESA, but the base AAM-4 should have one on par with the 120C-5, which should be improved compared to the 120A/B copy-paste currently.
Frankly I still don’t buy the idea that it’s anything other than an SD-10A. to the best of my knowledge both the SD-10A and PL-12 match it’s stated capabilities.
You are correct. They match their stated capabilities, to the best of your knowledge. It’s just that you know absolutely nothing.
Discussion cleaned. Please don’t turn it in a personal debate. Thanks
There’s no debate here. The missile is already a slight upgrade on the 120A. If anything, it’s mostly a complain thread of non AIM 120-C5 users.
You also forgot some personal posts to flag/remove above by the way.
Doesnt it have a 1 second delay to guidance? That sounds awful
it has the same 0.6 second delay as 120A/B (which is twice or more time as any other ARH)
The games modeled to mimic real life aircrafts. USA has the best aircrafts in the world. Stop crying please.
Have you seen the state of the AIM-120? Pretty sure the U.S has the most bug reports that are getting ignored.
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Does it now? Right, that’s why they need to beat up on MiG 21s, right? Meanwhile the F-22 is getting bullied by Rafale and Eurofighters in war games.
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didn’t think people still repeated this already disproven talking point
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we are talking about a game here. USA might have the best aircraft IRL but there is no point in having other nations if one will just absolutely dominate the others. Balance is key in a game. If the AIM-120C-5 is just as dominant as people make it out to be, then I’d like something to balance it out.
who tf is claiming its dominant, its straight up worse than 120A at the common engagement ranges
IRL of course it isnt but gaijin decided to give it the same artificial nerfs as 120A for close range pull and refuses to give it its IRL improved HOBS capability
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That’s because people were demanding that if the AIM 120C is coming, that means they should buff the PL-12s and SD-10s