ok, so you aren’t even of age to drive?

that explains a lot.. go back to school kid

I sure am and you always check over your shoulder while reversing, because mirrors have blind spots.

Given that most datalinks use the radar for their updates, LOAL shots (especially HOBS) could not connect to the datalink anyways.

um, from your link “NETWORK ENABLED” = datalink

Also
http://www.mbda-systems.com/?action=force-download-attachment&attachment_id=12854
SPEAR-Product-Data-Sheet.pdf

The ASRAAM’s datasheet from the same site makes no mention of a datalink.
http://www.mbda-systems.com/?action=force-download-attachment&attachment_id=12845

Here is an example of it being reported that the ASRAAM does NOT have a datalink.

http://defense-update.com/newscast/0309/asraam_loal_test_130309.html

That first sentence makes zero sense.

But the title page makes no mention. The data link is to deal with relocating targets, so how is an aircraft not a relocating target?

Poor reporting. Looked at website, made assumption, filled in the blanks.

Well like it or not it’s true. Giving freebies to the rich is still socialism. How is tax avoidance any different to tax credits in principle?

I said an increase of 4-5%

Inflation will come on essentials – Fuel, Food, Clothing will be hard hit.

At least some of the above is produced domestically and more can be if the economics make it beneficial. Wages will also likely rise for the poorest as a result of leaving.

When proven wrong then fire the troll type argument…So predictable. Anyone can check what MBDA have to say on this.

Show me where they say specifically that it does not have one.

Show me one other LOAL missile with no data link.

You arbitrarily claim ASRAAM has less range. Now if you said AMRAAM has more range than ASRAAM, that would be logical because AMRAAM has a larger volume motor, however the fact is that ASRAAM has a larger volume motor than MICA, a lower surface area, less weight and less drag.

You can’t conclude anything on a video. Just get it, the ASRAAM as been designed has short range high velocity missile. If it had BVR capabilities there are no valuable reasons it wouldn’t be marketed as such by MBDA. the simple fact that it has no datalink is clear on the design philosophy. On the other hand the MICA has always been intended to serve as a BVR missile and is firmly established as such in several airforces (France, UAE, greece, India, Taiwan, Koweit, Egypt etc).

You mean the video doesn’t suit for premise.

MBDA has previously marketed it as such, why do you ignore information already posted?

https://web.archive.org/web/20131004061746/http://www.mbda-systems.com/mediagallery/files/asraam_background-1367919209.pdf

ASRAAM’s maximum range is uncontested, and no other short-range air-to-air missile
comes near to this capability, providing the ability to passively home beyond the limits
of visual range and well into the realm traditionally thought of as Beyond Visual Range.

No other SRAAM comes near to this ability. So not R-74M at 45km, or AIM-9X at 35km.

MICA is not a true medium range missile, it’s only marketed as such because France have nothing else.

No

ASRAAM is a short range high velocity missile. Give it a bearing prior to launch and it will find its way quickly enough to LOAL. IR seekers have a wide field of view it will manage to find its target at the right place…But of course that does not work at longe range. ASRAAM is no MICA : it doesn’t have the range and the datalink.

That’s why HMD targeting works, but you still need that data link for >25km shots. How come AIM-9X and all other LOAL missiles, even shorter range ones need a data link? Your argument fails either way, if the seeker is that good that it can find crap located somewhere behind it over 5+km away in ground clutter, then it wouldn’t have any use for a data link anyway. The tests also clearly show footage from the actual missile seeker too, so obviously they had a data link. ASRAAM is likely better than MICA, just as CAMM is better than MICA VL.

Same basic airframe and motor, totally different guidance. CAMM uses command guidance via the datalink before going active, therefore can fly an efficent lead intercept route. Slant range may very well be “in excess of 25km” in those types of intercepts. The seeker head of the ASRAAM is not going to calculate a lead intercept, hence less effcient, period.

Most likely, both can be “in excess of 25km” depending on launch parameters, or conversly much less. No reason to think that MBDA is shading the range of ASRAAM just because CAMM has the same nominal range.

It’s been claimed that ASRAAM has no data link, but we don’t really know that. It has made OTS and LOAL shots and that is damn difficult without a data link, especially from 5+km away at low altitude. Think about that in terms of missile ranges at sea level.