So it can home even though it’s seeker is blinded?
it is homing onto the laser
the IRIS-T is also able to do that by making the seeker not directly look at the laser
I don’t see anything saying it has home-on-jam, if it did that would be neat, but I truly don’t see how it’s possible.
the IRIS-T dosent have the seeker directly at the front it uses a spinning mirror so that the seeker array can look forward, means the seeker element will not be able to be hit by the laser directly
i think i should clarify that the LFK-NG is a variant of the IRIS-T
IRIS-T seeker
for other IIR missiles like the aim-9x can achive home on jam by using the dead pixels in their seeker array, a laser is only able to destroy a few pixels of the array, meaning the missile could use that dead spot to guide the missile, by trying to keep the dead pixeles on the laser
(a laser is not able to instanly destroy sensors, it takes a second or two)
this also applies to the IRIS-T, but it is way more resistant to laseres because of its seeker arangement
this will enable the missile to know where a target it but not where it is flying or distance, so the missile would still struggle because it isnt able to pull lead to intercept the target
but it would be fine against helicopters because they arent moving much/ fast
it is also explained here:
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Seems far fetched.
it is not far fetched
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I don’t see it being modeled, for anything to do with LDIRCM, maybe normal DIRCM sure.
that is a term gaijin made up all DIRCMs use lasers otherwise it would only be IRCM
DIRCM = Directed Infrared Countermeasure
that is another issue in itself
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That’s not entirely true, some DIRCMs are not as advanced as the newer ones seen on Mi-28NM. I’ll have to dig it back up.
The way they are immune to dazzling directed IR laser CM systems is that they have the main seeker behind a moving lens which moves hundres of times a second in auch a way that a small seeker is allowed to scan a much wider and taller area than the total width and height of the seeker.
The technology used in this system also allows it to keep track of the main IR target by ignoring flares and lasers. Immunity to lasers is done by the seeker zooming out and keeping the overall IR source in the ‘crosshair’.
Unfortunately during this method of guidance, only chase mode is possible. Not intercept mode.
As far as helicopters go. Chase mode is more than capable enough. IRIS-T is proven to have this immunity to lasers via primary source documents from its producers.
And LFK_NG is a variant of IRIS-T with a slightly smaller and less capable seeker in the sense of having less HOBS angle capability.
Also the documents about the DLIRCM you have shared are known and they themselves claim to only be effective against 3rd generation ir missiles.
Not to mention they do not have a 360° fov and protection.
Afaik personally, Mi28NM should only have protection from its system if the missile is within the FOV of the APS. Which is only under the belly.
Hence any missile coming from the front, or above the belly of the aircraft will not be affected.
The Z-10ME has 2 dazzlers, 1 each on the wingtips. But there is a small area on between the field of coverage of the APS that cannot be defended.
Gaijin needs to model that.
Not to mention that these systems can pnly jam 1 missile at a time.
Due to the laser dazzler needing to look directly at the missile. Hence the Mi-28NM should only be able to decoy 1 missile at a time if it is coming from below it.
And the Z-10 ME should only be able to decoy 2 missiles at a time of they are not in the APS blind spot
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the seeker will still be able to guide the missile unless destroyed/ heavily damaged which takes
“high power during long time” meaning that the IRIS-T especially can just circumvent it becuase the laser wont be able to hit the same place on the seeker array for long meaning that the IRIS-T will only be affected minimally, by having slightly degraded tracking in chase mode like i explained above
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These are sources Gaijin provided concerning IRIS-T and the LDIRCM on a bug report.
sure and?
was anything i said wrong with all the information you have seen?
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Can the dev already fix the broken laser show on z10me and mi28nm