READ: LESS wing = LESS lift = LESS g = LESS off-boresight capabilties.
Laugh all you want and please READ my very first comments again…
AIM-120 is NOT an agile AAM and even LESS now that it had reduced control and lift surfaces.
Now go and prove that it can pull the number of g requiered to intercept a target within range of detection of EODAS 180* behind the shooter, good luck with that. 😀
But he, i suppose you are living in a country where one increases turn rates and g loads by reducing lift, what do we european knows?
first,
a “smarter” missile (detector and smart and fast onboard electronics) needs less manuvering.
second,
a thust vectoring missile needs less or none wingarea to turn at high-G (it bleads more in high-G ofcourse with less area)
third,
modern materials can withstand higher loadings without breaking, so a smaller wingarea can be compensated with more AoA.
But still, you right in priniple… Why not build a missile with variable wingarea for agility, speed and range?
ither swept wing och a wing retraction of some kind? maybe takes to much space and weight…
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