In 2007 raytheon introduce the development of the SL-AMRAAM-ER.
Also I am fairly certain it most often was sold and used C-7s.
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us has more mideum range air defenses and really short range defenses, but not a modern shorad. The hawk would struggle against modern cas which can easily out manuver the missiles, and a standard hawk launcher only carries 3 missiles at a time as well. NASAMS would easily outrange competitor shorad systems.
The US has NASAMs and two different M SHORAD vehicles, one being the only laser SHORAD in scale production. Saying they don’t have a modern system is entirety false.
And the Hawk and I-Hawk are not being outmaneuvered by “modern CAS” they went away because the Patriot is more capable, not because they weren’t plenty lethal. There’s a reason they’re still in service
Plus if you really want to go down that road, the Hawk system has been modified to fire Sparrow, AMRAAM, and Standard MR and AGM-78, so there are plenty of options….
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export variant abrams? lol
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We can only dream but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was added as a way to balance top tier at the moment, SU-34 and F-15E spam is too oppressive at the moment.
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Sure, but War Thunder doesn’t care about effectiveness or PoK (very much) - I mean the R-27ER never would’ve dominated if they did care. My list was based off of range over anything else.
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I getcha
M727 Hawk, for USA, Israel, Italy, Sweden
Is a medium altitude Sam
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Not just the US, pretty much every nation that isn’t Russia needs more SPAA.
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Do we think the MML (Multi-Mission Launcher) Could be a viable option? Seeing as its got multiple variants, such as the ones seen carrying SL-AMRAAMs, and the more modern one, having 15 launchers, and a towed FCS radar (the AN/MPQ-64 to be specific).
honestly IDK, it definitively would fit in game but im not sure how much of an improvement it would be over ADATS because right now aim120 is very easy to notch
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Depends what’s loaded i would think. I believe it could load either AMRAAMER or 9Xs.
thats true, but I doubt they would add it with AMRAAMER because isnt that a very different missile while they already have a 120C in the files (iirc its a 3 or 5) so they would probably give it SLAMRAAM
I dont really see an issue with adding 9X for ground launch or helis because it will be very limited range but dont think the game is ready for it on jets
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You could just get a harrier and go into vtol mode and use that as a spaa ive done it before
You are correct, the seeker should be uncaged with a smokeless motor but gaijin seems to think otherwise, I have made several reports about this, as-is it’s not any kind of upgrade.
I feel like it would be a very good counter to maybe the Pantsir S2 if it’s ever added. While it is true, AMRAAMs are very easy to notch, it can also carry AIM9Xs, Stingers, Hellfire’s, and the TAMIR missile seen in the Iron Dome air defense system. I’d also like to add that any amount of added air suppression is needed, with Britain, Italy, and the US having by far the worst top tier SPAA.