backspace340 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Hadn't seen this here yet - Wags was flying around with a couple of AIM-9Xs on his wing tips in the latest video. Credit to the guys from hoggit for spotting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munckmb Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow KT Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 What is that AIM-9X doing there 'Shadow' Everybody gotta be offended and take it personally now-a-days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkDCS Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 What a tease! Rig: 5960X @ 4.5GHZ 32GB 3000Mhz DDR4 Titan XP Dell 3415W 21:9 Thrustmaster Warthog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Max2 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I really didn't/ still don't expect the 9x this soon, but I mean.... that is an AIM 9x haha, could we soon be getting our first weapons additions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NineGravity Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 obviously，they are already testing it~:thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptHawk Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] AMP WIZARD "Forest Gumble" "When the air becomes electric....It's like a box of chocolates":captain: Windows 11 Pro 64 bit | Intel Alder Lake i7 12700KF | Asus Prime Z690M Plus D4 | CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 3200 | EVGA GTX 1070 SC @1594MHz/4000 MHz 8GB | 1x42" Multi Touch Screen and 1x27" 4k widescreen | Saitek x52 Pro | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleyjs Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 You guys have a good eye. I watched the vid just as Wags posted it last night and I didn’t pick up on it... Guess I was just too sleepy to notice... Good catch! Alienware Area 51 R5 - Intel i9 7980XE (4.7 GHz), 32GB Dual Channel HyperX DDR4 XMP, Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Graphics 11GB GDDR5X SLI, 4.5 TB combo of SSDs/HDDs, Alienware 1500 Watt Multi-GPU Power Supply, Alienware 25” 240Hz Gaming Monitor, Alienware Pro Gaming Keyboard, TM HOTAS, TM Cougar F-16C MFDs, Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals, TrackIR5, Win10 Pro x64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey45 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 meh. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 meh. Bug 1 merged, hostile, "Meh"....Fox 2. Lord of Salt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhe Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Does the AIM-9X do anything different to the M version in the absence of JHMCS? Or is that stuff almost ready as well? | i9 12900K | 64GB DDR5-6000 | STRIX RTX 4090 OC | LG 38GN950 38" | | Hanns-G HT225HPB | TIR 5 & Varjo Aero | Virpil Throttle & Stick | TM TPRs | You don't stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Does the AIM-9X do anything different to the M version in the absence of JHMCS? Or is that stuff almost ready as well? Yes. The 9X has thrust vectoring, different fins, much better seeker (it should be extremely hard to defeat with countermeasures, if not impossible in some circumstances, idk how ED will simulate it), expanded seeker FOV, expanded WEZ, etc. If the radar was finished I'd say it'd be a total gamechanger, but right now with the ACM modes not really working...IDK. It's gonna be a mean missile though with or without JHMCS. Lord of Salt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=4c=Nikola Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 We can expect similar performance as R-73. Nothing unseen before imo. Do not expect fairness. The times of chivalry and fair competition are long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhe Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Yes. The 9X has thrust vectoring, different fins, much better seeker (it should be extremely hard to defeat with countermeasures, if not impossible in some circumstances, idk how ED will simulate it), expanded seeker FOV, expanded WEZ, etc. If the radar was finished I'd say it'd be a total gamechanger, but right now with the ACM modes not really working...IDK. It's gonna be a mean missile though with or without JHMCS. Very interesting, thanks! | i9 12900K | 64GB DDR5-6000 | STRIX RTX 4090 OC | LG 38GN950 38" | | Hanns-G HT225HPB | TIR 5 & Varjo Aero | Virpil Throttle & Stick | TM TPRs | You don't stop playing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_coreSix Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 We can expect similar performance as R-73. Nothing unseen before imo. Except that the R-73 has a con-scan seeker and the 9X a FPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainmaker Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Yes. The 9X has thrust vectoring, different fins, much better seeker (it should be extremely hard to defeat with countermeasures, if not impossible in some circumstances, idk how ED will simulate it), expanded seeker FOV, expanded WEZ, etc. If the radar was finished I'd say it'd be a total gamechanger, but right now with the ACM modes not really working...IDK. It's gonna be a mean missile though with or without JHMCS. It’s 0-1 in combat so far. Unless their has been additional employment that I’m not aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladinsky Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 It’s 0-1 in combat so far. Unless their has been additional employment that I’m not aware of. One success and one dud in combat as far that I can find. Turkey used it to shoot down the Su24 in 2015, which I believe was the first combat use of the missile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainmaker Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 One success and one dud in combat as far that I can find. Turkey used it to shoot down the Su24 in 2015, which I believe was the first combat use of the missile. :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofEil Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 It’s 0-1 in combat so far. Unless their has been additional employment that I’m not aware of. Head over to the F-14 forum and check out the excitement for the AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile that's 0-3 (two duds and a miss) in verifiable combat employment. (Iran of course claims to have shot down every Iraqi jet twice over with the Phoenix.) Either way, I'm looking forward to the X, and the Phoenix, and especially the Tomcat. i7 7700K @5.0, 1080Ti, 32GB DDR4, HMD Odyssey, TM WH, Crosswind Rudder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macedk Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Head over to the F-14 forum and check out the excitement for the AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile that's 0-3 (two duds and a miss) in verifiable combat employment. (Iran of course claims to have shot down every Iraqi jet twice over with the Phoenix.) Either way, I'm looking forward to the X, and the Phoenix, and especially the Tomcat. Aim-54 is a bomber missile ..like the sa-2 beatble aaall day ;) OS: Win10 home 64bit*MB: Asus Strix Z270F/ CPU: Intel I7 7700k /Ram:32gb_ddr4 GFX: Nvidia Asus 1080 8Gb Mon: Asus vg2448qe 24" Disk: SSD Stick: TM Warthog #1400/Saitek pro pedals/TIR5/TM MFDs [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphamale Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Can't wait til the 9ZZZ.....oh, boy, oh boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphamale Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Head over to the F-14 forum and check out the excitement for the AIM-54 Phoenix, a missile that's 0-3 (two duds and a miss) in verifiable combat employment. (Iran of course claims to have shot down every Iraqi jet twice over with the Phoenix.) Either way, I'm looking forward to the X, and the Phoenix, and especially the Tomcat. AIM-54 wasn't designed to take out fighters, just slow moving HAVs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fri13 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 AIM-54 wasn't designed to take out fighters, just slow moving HAVs.... Maverick likely can take down fighters, but not maneuvering ones. So if target is flying steadily it shouldn't be impossibility to hit at them. As we anyways have a problem in DCS that players are pulling way too much G's and maneuvers because they can, as they don't have the effects of the maneuvers nor G forces, what would leave so many to avoid maneuvers when not needed. And if hitting a maneuvering target would be so easy, we wouldn't have got missiles like AIM-9X and R-60/R-73 that are designed for high maneuvering targets at close range. i7-8700k, 32GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 2x 2080S SLI 8GB, Oculus Rift S. i7-8700k, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 1080Ti 11GB, 27" 4K, 65" HDR 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nighthawk2174 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) Aim-54 is a bomber missile ..like the sa-2 beatble aaall day ;) Actually, the aim-54 was designed as a sparrow replacement with an anti-fighter role very much so kept in mind due to the bad performance of the early sparrow models. Now due to the tech at the time and other requirements, the missile was big but that gave it massive range. Lets also not forget it was the first missile to hit a target pulling more than 6g's. If it was used in combat more often it would definitely have gotten more kills. As a friend in the navy told me the aim-54 was quite literally the equivalent of "Break glass in case of WWIII" kind of kit it was almost never taken out of storage unless shit was hitting the fan (hence imho the 2 duds). Edited June 30, 2018 by nighthawk2174 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nighthawk2174 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 LOL nothing in this post is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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