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Aircraft munitions
Posted: 2007-10-05 12:34
by Fifty
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?
Posted: 2007-10-05 12:48
by Nimble
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.
Posted: 2007-10-05 12:55
by Fifty
Ah, thanks, very useful information.
Posted: 2007-10-05 13:02
by Expendable Grunt
Yep one is long range AA and the other is short range.
Always wondered why you didn't carry more long range.
Posted: 2007-10-05 17:04
by CAS_117
Um... neither work. So don't bother with them.
Posted: 2007-10-05 18:38
by Bob_Marley
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.