There is probably well enough space available for three AAMs per main bay (i.e. six in total, plus two in the SRAAM bays) and all of that boils down to how they utilize said space, but I really don’t get all this talk. Half this thread has been destroyed by mindless S-ducks and “hey check these 2010 talking points by some MP.net 12-year olds out” as if these 6 years didn’t teach anybody nuthin.
Lessons such as no – it’s not supposed to imitate the F-22 in every conceivable way, so no – if it’s not like the Raptor here and there that is not automatically some kind of “failure”.
Just a simple thought exercise: say they want to carry large guided bombs, strike missiles and so on in these main bays too, as large and as many as possible. Knowing what we know now (it’s been six years as I already mentioned…) that does indeed seem to be what’s up, right. We’ve already seen the 58UShK and so on… So we’re talking about a whole different kind of launcher configuration and a different way to optimize the available space across the chosen scope.
Essentially – it’s not a Raptor with 6+2 AAMs and an optional, token bomb load, it’s a slightly different approach from the get go.
Agree with what you wrote, but I guess 6 ARH missiles should be at least the minimum, I mean with DRFM and jammers and all that the more missiles the better
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