IR missiles use a heat tracking system

[wary verge]

alright, of course this is not fully realistic

[viscid island]

modern infra-red imaging missiles such as the AIM9XB2, ASRAAM, AIM-2000, R73, MICA-IR dont need tone to launch and effectively enage a target, and tones are not a universal function of the modern IR imaging A2A missile. LOAL & LOBL on currently in service missiles means that the growl in NO would really only serve to clutter the soundscape for the pilot even more, and slow down IR missile engagement's that are often decided in fractions of a second.

[viscid island]

less about the realism, more about the practicality of it.

Existing technology cannot be nerfed (eg. don't suggest balancing nukes by making them large or cumbersome; nukes are not large or cumbersome)

Modern IR missiles aren't set up or used the way you suggested they be changed to become

[wary verge]

okay, i see

[viscid island]

I could see this becoming a cool audio mod though!

[wary verge]

it's useless in Nuclear Option, if modern sidewinders don't use IR, then it'll stay that way

[viscid island]

they do use IR, its just not how it was done in the 60's

[wary verge]

yeah but my idea is trash anyway, and it's not realistic from any standpoint

[viscid island]

you gotta chill with trashing urself dawg

[wary verge]

it's always been that way
I never do research, all I do is yap around things i'm not knowledgeable about, case closed.