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Exactly what I said. Cueing will help reduce scan time, but it will also increase detection range for the same scan time as sensor will have ability to receive, interpret and interpolate more returns. It is same as how images of the sky are taken in the astronomy: telescope follows rotation of...

It can also increase detection range, as it allows the radar to collect and process returns over time. https://www.eit.lth.se/fileadmin/eit/courses/eitn90/2018/lecture2.pdf "SNR increases with increased dwell time Td" "The single-dwell detection probability can be improved using multiple dwells...

@StealthFlanker Having problems with quoting so I'll do it like this... Dwell time is precisely what I was talking about. So please, no need for lectures on things I already know. Isn't that anti-radiation missile? Also, launching missiles from long range is not very useful against modern...

??? It literally makes radar see further. Any sensor has increased range if it knows where to look ahead of time, as relatively weak returns can then be combined for better processing. Doesn't matter whether it is radar, RWR or IRST. Maybe, though I would give it benefit of the doubt...

1) Aircraft that can use EW suite for cueing in the radar will be able to get better range than an aircraft with technically more powerful radar. 2) Aircraft with lower RCS may well have detection advantage despite weaker radar. 3) Aircraft with better EW suite may negate enemy radar. 4) More...

Radar is not the only sensor, nor is aperture size so important. Yes, Super-Hornet may have longer-ranged radar, but it will also be noticed further off due to higher RCS. I am also not sure its EW suite can be used to cue the radar, and it doesn't have inbuilt IRST, meaning that it has no...

For what? Half the posts there are about how F-35 uses radar for jamming, as if it is a big advantage (it isn't, it is not a good idea in the first place, nevermind that any AESA-equipped plane can do it). And sure, first guy does have a point about standoff vs self-protection jammers - but the...

What about it? Yeah, F-35 is better strike aircraft in attacks against defended targets. That is what it was made for. Rafale is better in literally everything else, as it is an air superiority design with multirole capabilities. Also, F-35 having 9 g capability with 4 000 lb PGMs? Not likely...

Compared to Super Hornet, Rafale has far superior kinematic performance, superior sensors, avionics and EW suite, lower RCS and similar to better weapons (e.g. IR BVR missiles). There is literally not a single area, unless you go to decidedly technical stuff such as radar range, where SH...

I am not certain I would rate it as "excellent". It is a good fighter, but I'd say Rafale is superior in every single aspect, as is F-35C.