Aircraft munitions

Fifty · Post by **Fifty** » 2007-10-05 12:34

Earlier today I took the seat of the F16 for the first time, I noticed that it has two types of missiles. What's the difference between them?

Nimble · Post by **Nimble** » 2007-10-05 12:48

One of the sets ( The exact name of the two types of missiles escapes me at this moment ) has a range of I think ... 250m? And the second ( which you only have two of ) have a range of roughly 1000m.

Fifty · Post by **Fifty** » 2007-10-05 12:55

Ah, thanks, very useful information.

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-10-05 13:02

Yep one is long range AA and the other is short range.

Always wondered why you didn't carry more long range.

CAS_117 · Post by **CAS_117** » 2007-10-05 17:04

Um... neither work. So don't bother with them.

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-10-05 18:38

Fifty wrote:Earlier today I took the seat of the F16 for the first time, I noticed that it has two types of missiles. What's the difference between them?

AIM-120 AMRAAMs (AA-12 "Adder" on the MiG 29) are "long range" they have a range of 1200m, iirc, which is beyond visual range (BVR) AIM-9 Sidewinders (AA-11 "Archer" on the MiG 29) are "short range" and have a range of about 250m.

However, niether of them work properly right now, but improvements are coming.