unless you’re firing from a mig-31 at another mig-31 close to their maximum speeds you can’t have a 40km launch connect in 20s, even for the normal r-73 a 30km launch in 20s is only possible in very optimistic conditions
did you see the photo i sent of a su-35 hud showing “74M” and 20s to impact the sun?
will be used as source to have the missile max speed
lmao
They are using r73, but also 9m amd 9x, im fairly sure aim9s were confirmed to be involved in one of the shotdowns, also aim9m dont have that poor of maneuverability, especialky considering this is a ground launch.
is there any visual ways to distinguish between an R-73, R-74M or R-74M2 baed on the missile body or any surfaces on them?
M2 has smaller tail, same height as the control surfaces. It also may not have external AOA sensors (but i am unsure because missile shown on expos are mockups, but on the other hand R-73 and R-74M mockups had AOA sensors on them)
