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Re: The Rise of the Russian Empire: Russo-Armenian Relations
Sorry dude, it's still make believe.
I familiar with the site, many of my links are from there.
I never argued this fact. However, the Soviets did not trust such fire-and-forget systems because they greatly increase the risks of friendly fire incidents. Also, as I tried to explain, the Soviets wanted simpler more affordable weapons systems for mass production and export purposes. None of this however means that they did not have the technology to produce fire-and-forget weapons. And the political chaos of the 90s did set them back a bit.
Nonetheless, take into consideration the medium range Active/Passive radar guided AA-12 Adder (see picture below, the red middle missile on the SU-30 wing). The air-to-air missile in question is similar to the American Amraam, its fire and forget. And, in fact, the AA-12 can hit target much farther than the Amraam. And the AA-12's development was begun in the early 80s, so its not new to the Russians.
Also consider the highly maneuverable short range Infra Red AA-11 Archer, amongst the best in its kind (the wig tip outboard missiles on the SU-34):
Their avionics, electronics, computers, radars, etc, have improved greatly during the past ten years or so. I think the new radar systems on board the late model Migs and SUs are superior to the ones in the west, at least that is what experts say.
Also, consider their most dangerous anti-ship missiles on earth - the Moskit (Sunburn) and the Yakhont (Onyx) both can be fired from several combat aircrafts as well as various types of ships and land vehicles:
Moskit
Yakhont
And as you have pointed out, Shkval, the high speed underwater missile/torpedo is simply legendary:
Shkval
And there is also the high speed long range anti-AWACS missile called the Novator KS-172 AAM-L:
Novator
And I did not even begin to talk about the S-300s and the S-400s.
Originally posted by karoaper
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The info about the missiles was not just taken from the sim though. Here's a site dedicated to missiles, it's from fas.org,
but the info is corroborated in other sources. All the Russian air-to-air missiles require the launch aircraft to update course information at best, and a complete initial radar guidance form the launch aircraft at worst. Usually, the launch airplane then would have to maintain at least a 60 degree angle with the target, until the missile's own radar guidance takes over. Meanwhile, the American is completely launch-and-leave. This means that their pilots can launch and immediately evade or engage another target even if it's on the other side.
Nonetheless, take into consideration the medium range Active/Passive radar guided AA-12 Adder (see picture below, the red middle missile on the SU-30 wing). The air-to-air missile in question is similar to the American Amraam, its fire and forget. And, in fact, the AA-12 can hit target much farther than the Amraam. And the AA-12's development was begun in the early 80s, so its not new to the Russians.
Also consider the highly maneuverable short range Infra Red AA-11 Archer, amongst the best in its kind (the wig tip outboard missiles on the SU-34):
Now, the radar of the 4th generation Russian planes might very likely be on par or better than the American planes, but both Mig29 and Su27 of the early 90s had radar inferior to the F15, which by the way didn't match either the Su or Mig in other aspects, including the electro-optical aiming system. The Russian "Shkval" system was top notch.
Also, consider their most dangerous anti-ship missiles on earth - the Moskit (Sunburn) and the Yakhont (Onyx) both can be fired from several combat aircrafts as well as various types of ships and land vehicles:
Moskit
Yakhont
And as you have pointed out, Shkval, the high speed underwater missile/torpedo is simply legendary:
Shkval
And there is also the high speed long range anti-AWACS missile called the Novator KS-172 AAM-L:
Novator
And I did not even begin to talk about the S-300s and the S-400s.
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