150 km is an unofficial range. Maybe effective against a liner, in straight flight, and fired by a fighter cruising at 18000 meters height....
A dual pulsed motor is used to give some more energy to the missile the last few seconds before impact, so as to be agile. It help to increase the NEZ, but not realy the max range (because first stage of the motor is smaller to give space to the second one).
? what is that price ?
You are right that dual pulsed motor can't give the range of RAMJET. But solid RAMJET is quite difficult to make, especially the solid chemical compound which has to sublimate to mix with the sucked air. The Dual pulsed AAM is being sought to reduce cost and help in mass manufacturing. India is developing SFDR missile side by side which will have solid fuel RAMJET.
Signal given for dropping Rafale issue. Possible backtrack?About the Rafales..
I wonder whose "National interest"
Flyway cost with out any weapons.
No back track possible when IAF need planes, and when you will receive the first jet in 6 months. JUST IMPOSSIBLE.
OK.... wut what is that price ? how many euros, $...
Which is indeed a good improvement, 60KM NEZ would allow for decent BVR abilities against maneuvering aircraft. While 150km would be great for larger, less maneuverable birds.
60km NEZ means not a decent, but a nice BVR ability against every manned fighter. It's nearly 2.5 to 3 times better than current medium range missiles. Max range is unreleased, but 150km is a possible figure only in a ballistic trajectory, with few terminal agility (against a freight aircraft...).
Yes decent, not sure if this still means a 100% kill. It appears demonstrably possible to evade missiles fired in NEZ as well. However, a good ability for sure. I would think even with a bigger NEZ, it would be significantly more effective to use it with a stealthy aircraft. Meteor would be most effective when deployed by the likes of F-35, Rafale.
Indeed, a missile can be misfonctionning inside the NEZ (ie the seeker that never ran), or can be jammed.
LOL.
It's about Congress posturing.
That explains why brishits were crying like kids when Rafale was selected.
150km is an unofficial data. And even if it's true, it's near a ballistic trajectory, so "usefull" only on a slow maneuvring target, not a fighter.
Some said the max range, in a full ballistic trajectory is up to 250km.... but with few agility at the end.
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