The AIM-9 Sidewinder - History, Design, Performance & Discussion

Yeah, it would be, the day where not having flares on the Harrier Gr1 isnt such a big deal would be lovely :D

Report it?

They’re gonna buff the F-117 instead of nerfing the F-5 series
…I mean, they don’t trust the NATOPS over tertiary Russian magazines for the flight model so I don’t know what you expect.

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I would, but I have like a dozen or more other bug reports that I want to file. Having the last 4 of the responses to my bug reports being a clear case of reading comprehension skill issue does not help my motivation either, especially when the replies are closed off immideately and everyone insists on just filing a new report.

Also, I just wanted to do a large bug report on IR signatures and their scaling with aspect angles, but that will take a lot more reading and researching. Reporting the F-5 (in this comparative manner) will just lead them to buffing the F-117, unless anyone here has docs that use the F-5/T-38 for IR missile tests.

PS: If I interpreted the figues correctly (I know, I know, don’t rely on datamines), it seems like the only difference between the F-117 and all other jets is that the rear aspect IR multiplier is 0.5 instead of 1, which seems very pessimistic.

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Anyone posted this thing yet?

A better project was just the AIM-7 with the IR seeker attached.

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Probably, but this one is just funny lookin.

Wasn’t Israel also investing into something like this? I believe it was with an AIM-9G front end but regardless, it would be a fun one to see.

AIM-9L seeker?

Yep, it would actually be a decent counterpart to the R-27T if it were added.

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Doesn’t it earlier project based on 7E motor?

It may have been, I do not recall. I do know that there were AIM-7 variants with IR or combined IR + SARH seeker based on the AIM-7P.
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I thought it because photo was made before 7F production and 7F is not certified to be suspended under F-4s wing while that AIM-7T was.

The thing I was talking about was post-7F project

Misunderstanding. I thought you were talking about this.
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when will AIM-9X Block II come to warthunder

Tommorow, if not, read this message again.

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Looks like aim9x is getting a blk3 and blk4 upgrade and also aim260 has been finally shown. Btw this was revealed on Feb 11th

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Isn’t that also the first official image of AIM-260?

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Yes it is