Firestreak - Revision history

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U28580205 at 22:59, 26 November 2021

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 | '''Missile guidance time''' || 13 secs
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-| '''Explosive mass''' || 8.75 kg TNTeq
+| '''Explosive mass''' || 11.2 kg TNTeq
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 |}
-The Firestreak is a large missile, with a 8.75 kg warhead. The Firestreak is a very early air-to-air missile design; it was Britain's first operational heat seeking missile. It has slightly better manoeuvrability than other early heat seeking missiles, and a much larger warhead, and is otherwise comparable in terms of speed and range.
+The Firestreak is a large missile, with an 8.75 kg warhead (11.2 kg TNTe). The Firestreak is a very early air-to-air missile design; it was Britain's first operational heat seeking missile. It has slightly better manoeuvrability than other early heat seeking missiles, and a much larger warhead, and is otherwise comparable in terms of speed and range.
 === Effective damage ===
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 <!-- ''Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.'' -->
-The Firestreak has a warhead of 8.75 kg in explosive mass, just less than twice than that of the [[AIM-9B]], which only contains 4.5 kg. It is also slightly more manoeuvrable than the AIM-9B with a 15 G max overload compared to the AIM-9B's 10 G. Unlike other contemporary IR missiles, it also features the ability to slave to radar, which it shares with its cousin the [[Red Top]].
+The Firestreak has a warhead of 11.2 kg in explosive mass, just less than thrice than that of the [[AIM-9B]], which only contains 4.5 kg. It is also slightly more manoeuvrable than the AIM-9B with a 15 G max overload compared to the AIM-9B's 10 G. Unlike other contemporary IR missiles, it also features the ability to slave to radar, which it shares with its cousin the [[Red Top]].
 == Usage in battles ==

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	* Slightly lower velocity than other missiles		* Slightly lower velocity than other missiles
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	* Relatively short range compared to counterparts		* Relatively short range compared to counterparts

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 == General info ==
 <!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the missile.'' -->
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 | '''Guidance''' || IR
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-| '''Aspect''' || Rear-Aspect
+| '''Aspect''' || Rear-aspect
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-| '''Lock range in rear-aspect''' || 4 km
+| '''Lock range (rear-aspect)''' || 4 km
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 | '''Launch range''' || 7 km
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-| '''Maximum speed''' || 2.2 M
+| '''Maximum speed''' || 3.4 M
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 | '''Maximum overload''' || 15 G
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-The Firestreak is a large missile, with a 8.75 kg warhead. The Firestreak is a very early air-to-air missile design; It was Britain's first operational heat seeking missile. It has slightly better manoeuvrability than other early heat seeking missiles, and a much larger warhead, and is otherwise comparable in terms of speed and range.
+The Firestreak is a large missile, with a 8.75 kg warhead. The Firestreak is a very early air-to-air missile design; it was Britain's first operational heat seeking missile. It has slightly better manoeuvrability than other early heat seeking missiles, and a much larger warhead, and is otherwise comparable in terms of speed and range.
 === Effective damage ===

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 <!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the missile.'' -->
-The Firestreak is a large missile, with a massive 8.75 kg warhead. The Firestreak is a very early air-to-air missile design; It was Britain's first operational heat seeking missile. It has slightly better manoeuvrability than other early heat seeking missiles, and a much larger warhead, and is otherwise comparable in terms of speed and range.
+The Firestreak is a large missile, with a 8.75 kg warhead. The Firestreak is a very early air-to-air missile design; It was Britain's first operational heat seeking missile. It has slightly better manoeuvrability than other early heat seeking missiles, and a much larger warhead, and is otherwise comparable in terms of speed and range.
 === Effective damage ===
 <!-- ''Describe the type of damage produced by this type of missile (high explosive, splash damage, etc)'' -->
-The Firestreak has a 8.75kg warhead, one of the most heaviest warheads of any air-to-air missile in the game, making it capable of outright destroying any target it gets a direct hit on. The warhead has a larger proximity fuse setting than other heat seeking missiles (10 m as opposed to the more standard 5 m), this helps slightly offset the missiles poor manoeuvrability as any aircraft caught in the proximity fuse range is likely to suffer critical damage due to the large explosive mass.
+The Firestreak has a 8.75 kg warhead, making it capable of outright destroying any target it gets a direct hit on. The warhead has a larger proximity fuse setting than other heat-seeking missiles (10 m as opposed to the more standard 5 m), this helps slightly offset the missiles poor manoeuvrability as any aircraft caught in the proximity fuse range is likely to suffer critical damage due to the large explosive mass.
 === Comparison with analogues ===
 <!-- ''Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.'' -->
-The Firestreak has a warhead of 8.75 kilograms in explosive mass, just less than twice than that of the [[AIM-9B]], which only contains 4.5 kilograms. It is also slightly more manoeuvrable than the AIM-9B with a 15 G max overload compared to the AIM-9B's 10 G. Unlike other contemporary IR missiles, it also features the ability to slave to radar, which it shares with its cousin the [[Red Top]].
+The Firestreak has a warhead of 8.75 kg in explosive mass, just less than twice than that of the [[AIM-9B]], which only contains 4.5 kg. It is also slightly more manoeuvrable than the AIM-9B with a 15 G max overload compared to the AIM-9B's 10 G. Unlike other contemporary IR missiles, it also features the ability to slave to radar, which it shares with its cousin the [[Red Top]].
 == Usage in battles ==
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 * Slightly lower velocity than other missiles
 * Poor launch G-limits
 == History ==

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 <!-- ''Give a comparative description of missiles that have firepower equal to this weapon.'' -->
-The Firestreak has a warhead of 22.7 kilograms explosive mass, more than four times the payload of the [[AIM-9B]], which only contains 4.5 kilograms of explosives. It is also slightly more manoeuvrable than the AIM-9B with a 15 G max overload compared to the AIM-9B's 10 G. Unlike other contemporary IR missiles, it also features the ability to slave to radar, which it shares with its cousin, the [[Red Top]].
+The Firestreak has a warhead of 22.7 kilograms explosive mass, more than four times the payload of the [[AIM-9B]], which only contains 4.5 kilograms of explosives. It is also slightly more manoeuvrable than the AIM-9B with a 15 G max overload compared to the AIM-9B's 10 G. Unlike other contemporary IR missiles, it also features the ability to slave to radar, which it shares with its cousin the [[Red Top]].
 == Usage in battles ==
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 As this missile seeks infrared radiation (IR), be aware of locking onto other sources of heat which can throw the missile off course such as other teammates, flares and of course, the sun.
-The missile's IR seeker head can be slaved to radar. What this means is that once a pilot establishes a radar lock and activate the missile's seeker, the seeker head will search for heat signatures on the location of your radar lock, rather than directly ahead of it. This is very useful, because the missiles have poor G-limits for launching, meaning a pilot needs to maintain an almost straight course to launch the Firestreak. Slaving to radar allows a pilot to automatically "lead" the missile seeker within its range of motion, similar to what can be done with the [[AIM-9G]] and other later missiles after acquiring an IR lock, and can be used to launch missiles from oblique angles.
+The missile's IR seeker head can be slaved to radar. What this means is that once a pilot establishes a radar lock and activate the missile's seeker, the seeker head will search for heat signatures on the location of your radar lock, rather than directly ahead of it. This is very useful because the missiles have poor G-limits for launching, meaning a pilot needs to maintain an almost straight course to launch the Firestreak. Slaving to radar allows a pilot to automatically "lead" the missile seeker within its range of motion, similar to what can be done with the [[AIM-9G]] and other later missiles after acquiring an IR lock, and can be used to launch missiles from oblique angles.
 Like other air-to-air missiles, the Firestreak performs best at altitude where there is less drag from the reduced air concentration, allowing it to maintain the speed it gets from its initial burn time.