After all, this airplane is from 2021. Very modern plane.
But the radar, only has 30km, yet has a extremely stupid scanning speed.
I get if a heavyweight radar, like the ones mounted on the F-14 and F-4, has slow scanning speed because motors are mechanical and if not powerful enough, will be slow.
But such an lightweight radar, should be fast scanning right?
Also, for a strike aircraft, why does the radar lack a GMTI or something mode?
Fun fact, the radar on Mirage 2000D is very accurate and based on a manual given to Gaijin iirc. So yeah unfortunately the radar isn’t that good.
it’s a Ground attack variant, it’s radar best functionnalities are turned toward ground search, targeting and destruction (being extremely powerful for such things).
but it’s not good Air-Air wise, as the Mirage 2000D (every variants) are not made for air-air combat, giving those jobs to aircrafts like Mirage 2000-5F and Rafale
because the radar is here just for situational awearness, the plane itself is made to spam AASM.
The plane can’t carry AASM irl, the radar is fully here to help and even fly the plane by itself when the plane is low
There are some sources claiming that the Antilope should have a limited air to air role (some speek of short range TWS or research mode) but in general the radar is very accurate (within the game limitation)
oh ok didn’t know that. The more u know i guess
The version that Gaijin gave us and the way it is used in game is quite far from what the plane is in reality, in the game it is a plane that can strike far and hard with modern weapons and in large quantities, in reality it is an aircraft from the 80s which received an improvement of its weapon system but which only fires Gbu in small numbers (it is rare that there are more than 3 guided bombs carried at the same time). The Mirage 2000 D remains an aircraft rather focused on the penetration at low altitude of hostile territory (using its radar which is really optimized for this) to make small precise strikes rather than a heavy CAS aircraft as can be the American or Russian aircraft.
That limited air to air mode is also said to be only used to track their refueling tanker as per pilot testimonies, so current ACM Or very limited SCR mode is probably the only available mode, with no need for TWS since a M2KD only ever carries Magic 2s (older variant) or MICA (RMV)