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I've been wondering for a while, and thought I'd ask. How come the F-15C usually has 4 AIM-120Bs or 4 AIM-120Bs and 2 AIM-120Cs, instead of 4-6 AIM-120Cs? And, which is better, AIM-9M, P, or P5? Because it usually has the M.

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That loadout seems like a preset one. Most pilots make their own. Of the AIM-9s the M is the best in all categories. The P5 is worse but still an all-aspect missile while the P is the worst and only has a rear-aspect capability.

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If the AIM-9M is better, why does it have an earlier letter?

 

Because the P was basically an export missile.

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Ahh...And the P5 was just an improved version, right? Also, does rear aspect only mean that it can only fire at the back of a fighter? If so, why?

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That loadout seems like a preset one. Most pilots make their own. Of the AIM-9s the M is the best in all categories. The P5 is worse but still an all-aspect missile while the P is the worst and only has a rear-aspect capability.

 

By pilots, did you mean real life pilots, or in game, DCS ones?

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Ahh...And the P5 was just an improved version, right? Also, does rear aspect only mean that it can only fire at the back of a fighter? If so, why?

 

I think the 9P is an export version of the 9J and yes every number after is an improved version, P and P5 are only in DCS. I think the P5 is at a similar generation to the AIM-9L though much later introduction than the L.

Rear aspect does as it says on the tin though you can cue head on at very close range, why, limited seeker capability.

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Okay, I think I understand, and this site is helpful, if not necessarily to be trusted with Russian missile info.http://www.ausairpower.net/TE-Sidewinder-94.html

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Just don't trust any range info from it ... they got the sidewinder story right, though you could certainly find all the real sources they pulled this stuff from as well.

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