Why don’t you plot that out on a graphical chart, add the air density in that chart (needed for drag) and look at what angles you end up with. The lofted profile is only good for the very long range and low Pk engagements.
You have propulsion for 11km.
It needs a vertical change in position of 3km minimum to have any form of useful range extension, preferably even more. But everything after the 11km is a glide flight where over 50% of the agility is lost already. And after something like 2-5 seconds of sharp turning it has lost nearly 50% of its velocity and even more of its turn performance (and thats the result of a target doing zig-zag or yo-yo).There are very good reasons why engagement envelopes look like this:
The one exception today is the Meteor but it has very little information regarding actual performance. Its even possible that an AIM120D can hit slow targets at a greater distance due to lower drag. Another exception may be the MICA NG, currently in development… and Python 5 that has a very very long sustainer. But the Python 5 has the sustainer to maintain some agility, not to have enough speed to chase down a target.
MICA NG is only technological bricks dev atm. Lets hope dual booster will be finally developed.
i think you’ll be interested in that mica shot… (already postd in another thread) : 6 o’clock using passive sensors and spectra only…
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