all you have to do is pull the same maneuvers you would to defeat the early heatseekers since the 38MT only has a track rate of 6 degrees a second. The laser one however does whip round faster but trying to lock a laser in front aspect on a fast moving target is basically impossible.
Source: Me i got A2A kills with both during my su-25sm3 spading recently it was painful and you had to choose your targets very carefully.
i mean thats true ML does kill air target better than MT
but MT does kill better than 9B
The seeker is the defining feature of the Kh-38MT.
Basic Kh-59 have 40 km range. Kh-59M have 115 km range what can be problematic.
40km is still around 4 times the range of most AAs
But same as Kh-38. I think that it can be good replacement for Kh-38MT. No thermal, less speed and less missiles but you can have TV signal during whole flight and make corrections. In addition, our number of carriers will be expanded by the Su-24M. I think it could work and everyone would be happy.
Actually also Su-27SM can get them what I see.
So current planes won’t be able to carry 4 or 6 ?
Su-34 can carry 4x Kh-59 what I read. Also Su-30SM.
And there will be two for Su-24M and 4 for Su-27SM.
But you need to check numbers because I took first source which I found.
su17 and su24 as well
Would be a nice addition for 24M or 27SM.
Yep I saw that.
So it’s basically a subsonic TV missile.
Don’t know how that would be any better than 29TD we already have, at least for the vehicles that can carry the latter.
The advantage will be that the TV image from missile will be transmitted to the pilot throughout the flight and the pilot can make corrections.
And a monstrously large warhead.
So you’ll be able to receive that signal from only one missile at the time ?
As far as it seems, 38ML would be a better missile overall.
I think yes. ML have two basic disadvantages. The image is always from the plane’s perspective, not the missile’s, so any corrections are more difficult to make. Mainly when you dont have good targeting system as for example Platan. You have to keep the target marked with a laser beam at all times. Its not FaF as Kh-59.
is =/= were
AIM-9Ms of old were nowhere near as reliable as they are today. Back then having ~8 Igla’s was considered better than having 2x9Ms (which acted more like R-73s today do, i.e 50/50 on whether the TVC works or the missile spirals out), as Iglas also had the longest lock range of all helicopter based AAMs.
Nowdays 9M is superior, of course.
they better not add MITL guidance only for some new sovet BS weapon
So then deal with the Kh-38MT.
