Latest on IAF’s wish list: Long-range missiles

[Kinetic]

That's the point, because these missiles will not be fired at maximum range, because that would give much time for the target to react with countermesures. Like your video shows as well, the most important advantage of it is:



Meteor missiles, missiles, air defence system developped by MBDA


METEOR will not only use the propulsion to accelerate at the start and will get slower later, but will maintain the high speed till the end. That leaves the target with a small no escape zone and gives a high kill probability.
However, I highly doubt that IAF will select METEOR for MKI, or that it will be available for it, because you have to integrate the missile into the fighter and it's radar. Unless we can do it in India, with the neccesary source codes, I doubt that either Russia will alow the Europeans to get such an insight in their radar techs, nor that the Europeans will allow the Russians to get METEOR techs in their hand. Besides that, METEOR is a very costly weapon, especially at the begining, which means it would be freaking costly to equip up to 270 MKIs with it (if a European fighter wins MMRCA, they will get it anyway).
IAF has selected Astra for the MKI and as a cost-effective and more reliable alternative to Russian missiles, that still gives us the possibility to use the latest R77 versions as well, if they are more capable, but METEOR is not very likely. The problem now is, how capable is Astra? The 80Km range was the aim, but was it achieved and what about the designchanges we saw during Aero India? All the talk about Astra 2 with Ram jet propulsion is useless, when not even the first version is ready and proven. We have a tendency to take the 2nd step, before we have finished the 1st ( LCA / AMCA, MMR / AESA, Arjun Mk1 / Arjun MK2, Rustom UAV / AURA UCAV...).

I also have same doubt! If MKI cannot get Meteor than there is only R-77M. But I think we should go for Meteor for other fighters like LCA, Mirage, MRCA etc.

 

[koushik]

I also have same doubt! If MKI cannot get Meteor than there is only R-77M. But I think we should go for Meteor for other fighters like LCA, Mirage, MRCA etc.

During Aero India 2011 MBDA offered various missiles to the Indian Armed Forces.they said that could integrate the Meteor BVRAAM on three of the european fighters in the MMRCA Tender that is the Typhoon,Rafale and Gripen.

 

[koushik]

THE METEOR is a lethal weapon.here are some articles which prove how advanced it is.


MBDA Meteor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


According to MBDA, Meteor has three to six times the kinematic performance of current air-air missiles of its type. The key to Meteor's performance is throttleable ducted rocket (ramjet) manufactured by Bayern-Chemie (BC) of Germany. <=this means that this missile has greater kinetic energy which causes way more powerful impact.

MBDA Meteor - BVRAAM



Moreover during its flight it has full thrust till its maximum range so the missile simply doesnt coast towards its target.during tailchase it speeds up while approaching towards the target.thats why it is so deadly.

 

[Laughing_soldier]

THE METEOR is a lethal weapon.here are some articles which prove how advanced it is.


MBDA Meteor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


According to MBDA, Meteor has three to six times the kinematic performance of current air-air missiles of its type. The key to Meteor's performance is throttleable ducted rocket (ramjet) manufactured by Bayern-Chemie (BC) of Germany. <=this means that this missile has greater kinetic energy which causes way more powerful impact.

MBDA Meteor - BVRAAM



Moreover during its flight it has full thrust till its maximum range so the missile simply doesnt coast towards its target.during tailchase it speeds up while approaching towards the target.thats why it is so deadly.

AIM120D? It is good or meteor?

 

[koushik]

MBDA Meteor all the way.

 

[koushik]

to LAUGHING_SOLDIER,

americaaans wont let us integrate AIM12OD ON RUSSIAN SUKHOIS.the meteor is way ahead than its competitors.


just relax and watch.

when meteor will hit production nothing will come close to it. hope i solved your doubt.

 

[Dash]

What are we buying actually???. Meteor?

 

[sancho]

I also have same doubt! If MKI cannot get Meteor than there is only R-77M. But I think we should go for Meteor for other fighters like LCA, Mirage, MRCA etc.

If a European fighter will win MMRCA, we will procure METEOR for sure, for LCA as the low end fighter of IAF and the plans to integrate Derby it is out of questions again.