“random plane” smh.
IIRC nothing has confirmed the UK are actually buying it yet though
Curious what UK seeker it’s supposed to have.
GBU-53/B (SBD-II) has an expensive and complex tri-mode thing that seems to go against the ethos of Red Kite being low-cost and high-volume.
In many ways the render resembles Boeing’s GBU-39B/B Laser-SDB, which is basically just the LJDAM seeker on a GBU-39/B (SDB-I) airframe
The US have earmarked GBU-39B/B for MQ-9 Reaper, so we might want something similar but sovereign for Protector RG.1 (MQ-9B), to go along with the UK’s Paveway IV and Brimstone 3 that are now cleared for Protector.
The article states that Red Kite is currently not expected to have a datalink, so that kind of rules out it using any Imaging seeker mode with MITL.
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I suspect its just a SAL/IOG/GPS version of StormBreaker. Raytheon UK is the Paveway IV manufacturer so they have the SAL/IOG/GPS stuff in house.
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First look at BAE’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft, the Brontanax.
https://www.baesystems.com/en/article/first-british-designed-collaborative-combat-aircraft-unveiled
https://www.baesystems.com/en/product/brontanax
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top profile shot is cool. The name however…
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Yeah the name is weird, apparently means Thunder King in Greek which is even worse to be honest.
Could have just called it Thunder keeping with the RAF’s current combat fighter fleet being weather related named, Typhoon and Lightning. Would have fit better.
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typa name you give to a dinosaur
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Not even a big cool one either like one of those little gremlin type dinosaurs.
Bro xD
10/10
Or maybe the same seeker from the Spear-Glide?
They just got fixed to that, it used to be 1 chaff but you lost 2 by count. Its back to single now.
So its still dropping 2 at a time? Or is this now single ebcause they cant model that currently?
I rate this one, it’s not one of those small useless CCA’s people seem to be hyping up about for no apparent reason.
Actually of competent size (Hawk sized), with an internal weapons bay, probably subsonic but its fine, and overall has utility (I wonder if you could put a fuel tank with a drogue system in the Internal weapons bay for an autonomous refueller).
Supposedly being considered for carrier operations too.
Also, nice to see BAE finally taking some initiative and developing something without being paid for it.
Rheinmetall does this all the time and BAE is 3 times the size.
Genuinely I don’t mind the name either, though I very much hope they will rename it to Stormfighter following the programme.
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https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/e0kQWtiaea9z
Report for the L21A1 30mm APFSDS round (made by Rheinmetall) for the Scimitar Mk.2
This was accepted just now :)
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if it got it Then it might be 8.3 material, even then its a stretch
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1 at a time but not reducing the count by 2, it effectivity doubled the protection of the pod, I dont know why you’d want to drop more than 1 packet, and if you did, setup a continuous release toggle with the program you want set.
Would be nice to get the choice to change the amount per pop (not just for Phimat but for anything possible).