if anything given its absence on more recent brochures and at more recent expos it failed testing and the concept was dropped
Then please provide evidence that such numbers where built and tested. Even just evidence a single KH-38 with IIR guidance was built and test fired is enough.
GIven how it is nearly impossible to prove a negative, in the absence of concrete proof, the assumption must be that it did not exist.
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No, its a thermal seeker model. The notation difference is because the missile was originally called Kh-38M (or Kh-38ME for the export designation). The seeker options differentiating the missiles seem to have came later, but it is a mockup of the Kh-38MTE for all intents and purposes.
The missile seems to have been renamed to Kh-38ML (or Kh-38MLE for the export model) nowadays, retaining the ML designation for the laser seeker, but pointing to the fact that there no longer are available variants with alternate seeker, making the old Kh-38M designation outdated.
About the link you’ve provided. Don’t you find it just funny how they don’t provide a photo of a seeker head-on? Instead for that purpose they’re using a photo from some kind of convention, a photo of a general mockup “Х-38МЭ”?
Let me check that.
There are many prototypes in the game that did not go into production.
yes but most of those are proven to have worked while for this the program probably got dropped because it didnt work
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Your question is as incompetent as possible. Is it worth putting up for sale something that has not even been produced or tested
That isnt the issue.
As far as I am aware, all other in game prototypes existed in their entirety and were actually fired at least once.
SRAAM is a good example of this with about 8 or so test fires before being canceled.
The issue, is the KH-38 0 evidence thus far it was anything more than a mock-up
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HSTVL.SRAAM, M247 and so on, where proven effectiveness?
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Because most prototypes get “put on sale” long before they are operationally ready, or even long before they even make it to full scale prototypes. No point producing something for export that no one will buy or use.
Skyflash Active is a good example of this iirc.
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literally all of those were tested
despite being iffy IRL the M247 was still able to destroy some air targets and automatically track and engage from a radar return
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SRAAM had approximately 8 documented test firings and there is primary sources from the National archives to prove it.
What kind of nonsense are you talking about
I see some mock-ups and some marketing material including a CGI clip.
In fact at 2:54 it shows the SAL version
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So its effectiveness is zero and it has failed. But at the same time, he’s in the game. And what prevents the Kh-38 from being here?
What hes pointing to is also likely one of the gimbal points for yaw, other pictures show a sensor more in line with an IR one, since its not powered its looking at the floor.
its also completely irrelevant as its about the laser version
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