PIRATE is functionally pretty irrelevant without the ASRAAM combo, that is what will make it OP so to speak
Yes but I guess its not the case actually ?
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But it is though, the first sightings on operational PL-10 was on the J-10 iirc, its been seen on every operational chinese fighter (PLAAF and PLANAF) since then, stealth or not
yeah the J-10C and J11B can both use the PL-10
Block 3 got canned, which would have upgraded the motor. I’ve seen a source saying they are working on a block 4 which adds a new seeker.
Not all too sure of capabilities but judging from its airframe I assume it will be similar to an Iris-t or ASRAAM in function
Can you link the source?
It seems to at least somewhat be based on the IRIS-T.
Yea one sec
Starting on page 7
Even the J-11B nice.
I don’t want Gaijin to rush these missiles but that’s nice to ear.
Anyway if russia can’t get on par we are most likely not seeing these in the near future.
Can it guide Aim 120s too though?
Thanks.
It’s not a radar, so I’d be very impressed if it could.
It data links to the Radar using the range and data extracted from the IRST
That information is then provided to the missile and the missile acts like an ARHM but it is instead guided by the IRST system.
It can provide a launch solution but no DL i think, not much of an expert of PIRATE but it should be able to launch an AMRAAM that would later go pitbull and use it’s own radar for a majority of the guidance, although this is essentially LOAL so i don’t expect gaijin to model that
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PIRATE or EuroFIRST PIRATE IRST is a thermal search and tracking system so I dont think it can guide ARH such as AIM-120
Well damn.