Sorry I misinterpreted your post I thought you were talking about radar modes. A SAR pod is preferred for reconnaissance missions and yes the Rafale does not currently have this capability.MKI Bars has SAR as well, already. That does not compare to a SAR pod which offers greater look angle, and more range, besides being customized for the role. The radar data can be datalinked for real time analysis to a receiving station as well. Better resolution as well.
The Rafale needs a refueling pod, an F/A-18 E/F can be reconfigured for refueling mission in under 30 minutes. I suspect the same is true for the Rafale.Thanks. This is useful and at least one equal ability amongst the specific queries. This is a plus for the Rafale. It can apparently do buddy refuelling without a pod, am I right? If so, this is good stuff.
Dont get you here. You mean to say the MICA IR does not have to rely on inert gases like nitrogen & can indefinitely cool itself?
Please confirm.
Even so - I'd not think that relying on missiles for the primary IRST function is cost effective. They are weapons, with limited on carriage time. Using them for a non primary role, just uses up their valuable airframe hours and for the usual air to air missile, airframe carriage is usually in the few tens of hours before it has to be sent back to depot for a refurbish. Time consuming and expensive and only possible a few times at best
thanksThe Rafale needs a refueling pod, an F/A-18 E/F can be reconfigured for refueling mission in under 30 minutes. I suspect the same is true for the Rafale.
ok, to get you correctly, the gas does not need to be refilled? since the assembly is sealed, it does not need to be recharged.It does rely on inert gas, but the gas is self contained in a permanent vacuum dewar assembly it only requires power for the cryoengine to function. As for using up airframe hours I'm not sure I understand your concern, the AIM-9X for instance can be used, recovered and then stored in specially designed CNU-609/E AUR container for a up to seven years, routine maintenance and inspection is of course necessary. For the purpose of this discussion, I don't see the MICA-IR offering the range of capabilities that a dedicated sensor like PIRATE offers. I'd be interested to know if MICA IR is slaved to RBE-2 / Spectra and I'm also curious to learn how the aircrafts mission computer handles own ship orientation when both wing tips are occupied by a MICA-IR.
Correct.ok, to get you correctly, the gas does not need to be refilled? since the assembly is sealed, it does not need to be recharged.
I don't know about the MICA-IR, I do know it costs an arm and a leg and I hope for India's sake it lasts forever.also, when coming to aiframe hours what i mean is that any missile has x amount of airframe hours available. while at wartime, you can use the onboard missiles for a secondary ir mission, what happens when they are launched. also, each flight will consume so many carriage hours. the rvv-ae for instance has a checkup every 10 hours of flight, or 10 take off landing cycles on concrete strips (reduces to a third on other strips) with a TTL of 50 hours before it needs to be refurbished. so my point is this talk of relying on micas for an irst by armandrep, is just making the best of a rather bad situation wherein rafale has no irst
India already has python 5 for spyder , lca, mig 29 (all new and upgraded variants)Well Aim missiles are very reliable during their operational life and have long carriage hours. I hope we order aim-9x block 2 or python-5 for the mrca, not only are they much cheaper than missiles like mica and asraam, they are just as cutting edge.
My advice is, please read this thread from the beginning and you will have answer to this question from many angles.Hello, brothers, countrymen, Indians
Namaste;
I ma just a beginner so aeronautical gurus please don't grill me!!!
Just had a opinion please correct me if I am wrong"¦
From what I read I can say that EF is an excellent combat Jet in air to air combat but not a great ground attack AC compares to Rafale and on the other hand Rafale is an unmatched ground attacker but not a good combat AC when compared to EF both are the most desirable contenders in MMRCA.
Now thing is in case of combat AC we already have a world class AC in form of SU30MKI which will be coming in for next few years and also would be upgraded on the other hand we lack a good ground attacking aircraft SpaceCats and MIGs are ageing.
So if EF is not much offering in case of our need (i.e. ground attack) would it be nice to go with Rafale (if EF is not offering much benefit over SU 30MKI)
Please guide me"¦.