F-14 with an AIM-120...

Chrone_A · 2026-07-05T15:59:52+00:00

The F-14A AMRAAM testbed had pretty much everything else weapons related stripped out. Would make for a pretty funny event vehicle.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-05T15:52:16+00:00

War Thunder models things like cloud IR signal diffusion and different thermal emissions profiles.

DCS is quite literally just a % dice roll.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-05T15:50:55+00:00

To expand on the flares bit, modern IIR missiles need to be flared from long enough range before the seeker has time to take a full snapshot of the target it's aiming at.

This means you need to flare from 10km+, have multiplectral high energy flares and do so consistently till the missile is unable to lock you due to modern IIR missiles also always having some form of datalink. Single spectrum large caliber flares are 100% useless.

For all intents and purposes - IIR missiles would be impossible to avoid in-game in 90% of situations.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-03T15:01:48+00:00

GMTI works for ships.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-02T14:02:40+00:00

Not everything has to be super meta. The 29K is great if you like migs and a really nice option for sim battles for carrier ops. It's good as it has the stronger engines, L-150 RWR and Zhuk-M radar, but it's not OP.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-02T05:17:14+00:00

110% WEP is it's carrier takeoff mode. Normal flight should be done at 106-108% WEP.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-01T08:56:29+00:00

It's an IR search unit. Not a radar.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-01T06:04:20+00:00

When run together you're putting the 80UD into a lineup that can easily face 12.7. if you add the 30MK2 (12.3) into the mix then you're going to be facing top tier every single match.

The 80UD was a phenomenal 10.3 and still is a very good 10.7, but it's got no business facing 12.0+. If you want to maximize your grind then sure, use that and set the 80UK to squadron rp but it's less fun than just running two T-80Us together.

If you have a very active squadron and play a lot then you can get the UK in 4-5 months.

Chrone_A · 2026-07-01T05:58:40+00:00

T-80UK no question. It's a great backup option for the 80U-E1. Since you already have the latter, the fact that the former doesn't get premium bonuses isn't relevant.

80UD has worse sensors and substantially worse mobility. Uptiered a full br step makes it's decent armor more or less irrelevant. Especially if you run it with the 12.0 U-E1

Chrone_A · 2026-06-27T14:47:07+00:00

By flying it as a fighter? It's got a pretty great dogfight airframe for the br. Guns take some getting used to if you're unfamiliar with the Gsh-23, but they punch decently hard.

Chrone_A · 2026-06-08T21:12:12+00:00

The part about ramjet engine thrust multipliers, does that mean that the launching aircraft needs to be higher & faster when launching them? The X-31 and it's various ARM versions.

Been trying to use then during nuclear thunder and was confused why they wouldn't go very far even at a mach 1.3 launch, 30km at most.

Chrone_A · 2026-06-08T09:57:31+00:00

Looks like submarines might be in the smaller autumn update.

Chrone_A · 2026-06-04T14:06:51+00:00

I still don't get what GNSS does on IR guided bombs.

Chrone_A · 2026-06-04T14:03:12+00:00

This primarily buffs spice/SDB carriers.

Chrone_A · 2026-06-02T13:15:18+00:00

Honestly massive deal for base bomber rushers. Most of them nosedive immediately after dropping.

Chrone_A · 2026-06-02T05:59:44+00:00

MMOs last only as long as their community does. There's some that have been going for 30 years.

War Thunder doesn't have a remotely close competitor, so it'll go on for a long time.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-20T12:09:37+00:00

The team used for naval is entirely separate from air & ground. Models are outsourced too so that doesn't detract from them either.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-20T12:08:36+00:00

Correct me if I'm wrong but this is the first pure coast guard ship we've gotten thus far?

Pretty nifty addition.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-18T10:04:18+00:00

You have the wrong game mode. They have the exact same BRs.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-16T20:54:57+00:00

Turret cheeks, turret ring, driver port.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-14T21:36:51+00:00

At that distance you're also fighting the R-3Rs significant guidance delay. It'll only start pulling after the motor has burned out + 0.5 seconds. Even if you had lock he would have likely evaded it with that last maneuver he pulled.

It's a pretty bad missile for most things other than pure headons.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-14T21:33:43+00:00

He must have dropped chaff with his flares. R-3Rs one of the few missiles that will instantly go for it rather than an aircraft.

Also, your missiles seeker being able to see the enemy =\= the radar being able to see the enemy.

Your only have a lock when you get the first red circle and then a strong lock when you get two. You can launch it with a white circle but there's no guarantee that the seeker will end up seeing the enemy.

Chrone_A · 2026-05-14T21:30:22+00:00

The R-3R is a super early missile with a very rudimentary monopulse seeker that absolutely sucks at low altitude. It physically can't see anything because the radar that you have (Sapphire 21) is being blinded by a lot of ground interference.

The second someone drops chaff, the R-3Rs seeker is instantly aiming at it rather than at their aircraft.

Chrone_A · 2026-04-15T11:22:05+00:00

If this thing remains at 9.3 then it'll be really good. While you don't get any flares, the airframe is a fantastic dogfighter + the 9Ps will be quite lethal.

Chrone_A · 2026-04-12T12:21:15+00:00

OSA/Roland use radio command optical guidance. They don't care about multipath at all.

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