There, typo corrected.
Some software mods are all that's needed to give the Sidewinder A2G capabilities.
This could easily complement a fighter's ground attack capability, only useful when there are no enemy MiGs or Sukhois around.
There, typo corrected.
Some software mods are all that's needed to give the Sidewinder A2G capabilities.
This could easily complement a fighter's ground attack capability, only useful when there are no enemy MiGs or Sukhois around.
Not that is worth anything, but I have used them in my fighter simulations to take out ground targets.
I just had to be REALLY close and, of course, to break 3 out of 7 laws of physics.
My point is, I always wondered if there could be a MRM like there are MRFs. If it was programmable at the moment of use (I assume we have used up the 386-chip based ones by now), that would certainly expand the mission capabilities of any milcraft using them.
And then I wouldn’t have to choose the “right” payload package before each mission in my simulator, right? ;)
So is the AIM now a multi-role missile? I mean, can they simply designate and fire or does the missile require specific programing before mounting to the wing?
If it is multi-role, cool.
I suspect this may be effective against thin skinned vehicles, or a BMP but what will a 22 lb fragmentation warhead do when it hits the top of a tank?
Mount these babies on UCGVs!
Ground target for the Sidewinder is nothing new .. I remember hearing a story about an F4 pilot that accidentally shot a cow with one on a test range in the 60’s (hey the cow was a heat source that the it got a lock on)