he has earlier given opinions on other missile systems that are non radar
Following on from this, that looks like a refracting telescope. I don’t see evidence of a primary or secondary mirror in there. Unfortunately, this doesn’t really help us in any way regarding if it was iir or not, both laser guided and iir munitions have used refracting telescopes in the past.
However, given the antireflective coatings, I’m more willing to believe it’s IIR. That’s a large gimbal assembly and likely has space for a dewar of some kind or a compact Stirling cycle cooler.
But it could still have been a mock-up/prototype for bench testing and not a production unit.
It’s not or we wouldn’t have “marketing lie” meme
Please don’t just randomly tag developers.
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They do, or Eurofighter would have 8xAMRAAMS loadout
f15C would have 16 AMRAAMs
if he goes around giving his opinions on different weapon systems then i don’t see a problem with it here
DSA
equivalent could be hawk for usa. don’t see a reason for them to not add equivalents when it is timely. datamine does not mean we will not get counterpart for when the time is for it
im pretty sure this is for a SEAD mode
thats better then
Equivalent? No. HAWK was good but it is comparatively short range and a large sparrow instead of a command guided missile. Nike would be comparable.
Data mines state that this is event related.
not really a mockup
oh yeah arent those prototype racks? or are they finished and just not in production?
if so thats even more real than mock up
thats to ferry the amraams iirc
The only real issue I see with the 38MT being left in game is how do we know it is modeled correctly?
Don’t get me wrong I am fine if it stays but where does Gaijin get their number for it’s zoom strength? How do we know it is the correct generation of thermal?
I think it’s reasonable to assume that it uses a staring focal plane array rather than scanning. But zoom level and sensor resolution are questions that we don’t have answers to.
Modeling is out the window at this point, in my opinion. The F-18 has no such “AoA limiter,” yet it was added anyway. It was a G limiter only.
like that.
Theres some programs ongoing about that
ferry amraams… with ability to launch them
ofc.
The picture of a missile with imager provided before is labeled as “Х-38МЭ” - it’s another general purpose mockup, I doubt any of on-board electronics is even operational. Here’s a photo without conveniently blurred label.
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thats a heat signature…
thats a thermal silhouette.
difference being
- intensity
- number of hotspots
Aim-9X seeker is built for thermal signature tracking.
IR-AGMs are built for thermal silhouette tracking.
basically one can be imagined as a point, while the other is a bigger polygonal target
uhh, havent read the thread?
the seeker is outlined in red
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I’m not arguing with you on 9X because I don’t particularly have the energy to explain in detail why you’re wrong here. I highly recommend watching test videos of 9X with seeker video telemetry. It locks on to a silhouette in no small part for countermeasure rejection purposes.
As for the seeker, I already mentioned that I didn’t see any higher resolution images when I scrolled through last night. All I saw was internal reflections. That was my mistake and I’ve already admitted that and adjusted my opinion of what’s going on here.
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