I mean range yes, but higher the range the easier it gets defeated by flares.
I’d shot off R-60Ms under 1.5 km making them very hard to dodge and because they are 30G missiles unlike AIM-9G on British Phantoms that can pull max of 18G, The R-60Ms can actually pull out to enemy and not simply not being able to reach.
That’s why I said 9L it’s similiar to R-60Ms I didn’t neccessary used that it’s worse, but similar they both are 30G, they have their strenghts and weaknesses such a 9L doesn’t get “Jump-Start” from rail like R-60Ms but trades the range for it etc.
After all it’s still IR missile and if u are know what u do u can avoid them completely Or in the opposite make them deadly.
Positioning yourself it’s just a key with both of those missiles.
Imma call it a day, since there’s not much else what either me or u can say about it.
I agree, UK jets are in need of this, but not say, F-4S. I’d also like to see the FG.1 drop to 11.7 and not receive 9Ls so that there is a difference between FG.1 and FGR.2
A 18g( it’s 18 right?) missile the same as a 35-40g? Cmon man, they’re not even the same. Once I learned about ARH I can probably count the amount of times on one hand I ever died to an aim54 again. Not even close to the same thing as an aim120 even if it’s an ARH.