pmaitra
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I must say, this payload is impressive. Excellent picture.GBU-12 drop and GAU-22 gun pod test:
I must say, this payload is impressive. Excellent picture.GBU-12 drop and GAU-22 gun pod test:
This is not an actual payload (which is poor actually), but time-lapsed bombs trajectoryI must say, this payload is impressive. Excellent picture.
Sound like picard's BS. Pirate can detect F-22 from around 50 km away according to German pilot, no information about whether it is rear or front aspectWhile PIRATE IRST can detect subsonic fighters from 90 km from front and 145 km from rear according to (somewhat outdated) publicly avaliable information
https://theaviationist.com/2012/07/13/fia12-typhoon-raptor/Moreover, at a distance of about 50 km the Typhoon IRST (Infra-Red Search and Track) system is capable to find even a stealthy plane “especially if it is large and hot, like the F-22” a Eurofighter pilot said.
Another product of PicardAt the same time, OLS-35 can detect subsonic fighter from 50 km from front and 90 km from rear
IRST need LRF for range-velocity measurement, LRF has very short range around 20-30 km in perfect weather.This means that stealth aircraft has no escape – if it attempts to increase effective range of its missiles, it has to increase speed – but this increases IR signature and allows it to be detected from larger distance. If it attempts to avoid detection, it has to reduce speed, which means that it has to come closer to IRST-equipped fighter.
There is no evidence that OSF has QWIP technology, and QWIP operating wavelength isn't really that far off either, nor does it has wider bandwidth than HgCdTeQWIP IRST such as PIRATE or OSF has some very useful advantages over “legacy” IRST. Aside from longer range, they can be tuned for sensitivity in certain IR band. While normal IRST operates in microwave to longwave IR bands, QWIP IRST can operate in very longwave bands, allowing for easy detection of objects that are only slightly hotter than the background, with difference being in single digit degrees of Cenzius. It can also use several bands in parallel, getting “best of the both worlds”
F-35s IRST is optimised for air-to-ground missions, and is thus operating in appropriate wavelengths, reducing its range against aerial targets.
All depend of your source, and what this source is authorised to say... A pilot can't say all...Sound like picard's BS. Pirate can detect F-22 from around 50 km away according to German pilot, no information about whether it is rear or front aspect
Too bad when the source of your number is defensiveissue where there are more dozens numbers all fabricated by PicardAll depend of your source, and what this source is authorised to say... A pilot can't say all...
People repeat this excuse again and again without even looking in the detailStealth aircraft are built under assumption that BVR radar-based combat trumps WVR combat.
However, that assumption is unproven; neither AMRAAM or other BVR missiles were ever used beyond distance of 40-50 kilometers. In case of AMRAAM, usage was against aircraft with no radar, no IRST, no radar warners, no ECM, with badly trained pilots that were in most cases unaware they were under attack (and were not maneuvering as a consequence). Yet even in such perfect conditions, AMRAAM achieved 6 kills in 13 BVR launches, or Pk of 0,46.
When we take a look at the data above, a clear pattern begins to emerge: while Pk against incompetent opponent is significantly higher than against competent one, by a factor of almost five, relative weapons’ effectiveness remains unchanged: IR missiles achieve half the Pk of gun, and radar-guided missiles achieve half the IR missile’s Pk.
No modern air force will fly low where a Tungunska or equivalent system are. It's why stand off weapons were developped !Talking about kill ratio, in Nam war, the PK of SA-75 has PK around 3% overall and less than 1% most of the time, most kill are from AA cannon. Feel free to ask any pilots what they fear more S-300/400 complex or 2K22 Tunguska
You're right on IRST and radar,People repeat this excuse again and again without even looking in the detail
For example : Yugoslavia has 14 MiG-29Bs and 2 MiG-29UBs, Mig-29UB are trainer without radar but still has IRST sensor. But the avionic of Mig-29 9.12B include N-019EB radar, OEPrNK-29E2 IRST and ,L006LM/101 RWR
If you can't be asked to look up the equipment name ,there are still plenty photo all over the internet showing Iraq and Yugoslavia Mig-29 with IRST
Before you say they have IRST but no radar, let me ask this if their Mig-29 don't have radar then why the hell does it carry R-27? that is not R-27T either
Another aircraft that Iraq used is the Mig-25PSD which carry a massive N-005 Saphir-25 radar that can detect target even in ground clutter , some sample has IRST as well
Nevermind that there are a bunch of Mirage F1E got shoot down by AIM-54 and AIM-7 even though Mirage F1 equipped with Cyrano IVM radar and SHERLOC or BF RWR
You missed the point, if you judge the effectiveness of weapons system based on PK alone without consider various related factors then you could easily get the wrong conclusion.No modern air force will fly low where a Tungunska or equivalent system are. It's why stand off weapons were developped !
The real fear remain modern SAM systems. How really are they effective against modern fighters in a real war ambiance.
Having weak radar and IRST is not the same as not having oneT
You're right on IRST and radar,
But first (and specially export one) Mig29 IRST are poorly effective (low range), and Mirage F1 radar is weak against a F15/F18 radar...
Even 1st gen Mirage 2000 RDM radar was weak. Mirage 2000 RDI was better, and the first real high perf air air french radar was RDY of Mirage 2000-5 and -9
All these planes were export ones (with reduced perf), with poorly trained pilots, flying with old area soviet tactics (guided from ground radars), fired by the back, surrounded by highly electronic counter measures, without AWACS when the opponent had it...