williamhou
Junior Member
Namely AIM-9X, IRIS-T, AIM-132 ASRAAM, Python 5. All of them have 90 degrees+ OBA ability (can not confirm for ASRAAM, it may be inferior to the others, reason for the development of IRIS-T and AIM-9X), 20-25 km max range and IRCCM (infrared counter counter measures).
Videos of AIM-9X, demonstrating its high ability to destroy targets even behind the launch plane. IRIS-T with trust vectoring and 60g manoeuvrability may perform even better.
Current short range AAM in PLAAF are PL-8 and PL-9 and their variants, with OBA 20 degrees and shorter range seems to have little chance against planes armed with AIM-9X, IRIS-T. No wonder how agile J-10/11 is, AIM-9X, IRIS-T do not even need an angle to fire missile and can lock on as long as target is with in range. It seems dog fight is history with these advanced AAM.
Videos of AIM-9X, demonstrating its high ability to destroy targets even behind the launch plane. IRIS-T with trust vectoring and 60g manoeuvrability may perform even better.
Current short range AAM in PLAAF are PL-8 and PL-9 and their variants, with OBA 20 degrees and shorter range seems to have little chance against planes armed with AIM-9X, IRIS-T. No wonder how agile J-10/11 is, AIM-9X, IRIS-T do not even need an angle to fire missile and can lock on as long as target is with in range. It seems dog fight is history with these advanced AAM.