I think the orange line is the current one (we are currently at the 2.43.50 and the orange is the 2.43.41)
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Rafale lacks supercruise capabilities // Gaijin.net // Issues
Thanks to @Mulatu_Astatke for sources.
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shamefully deleted bug report here
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Your link does not work.
fixed (thanks wareta)
edit also I am dumb, bug report is wrong, flaps do work
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Anything to make the Rafale better than the Eurofighter…
(Gaijoob, pls gib IR AASM its automatic target recognition and SPECTRA the ability to launch weapons so I can accurately drop bombs on AA from >70km by initially tracking their radar emissions [who cares if it’s OP xD])
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Apparently Later variants of the F-16’s Harm Targeting System (R7) has a similar feature that can generate GPS co-ordinates from detected emissions.
The HTS system consists of the pod, the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM, the aircraft launcher interface computer, and HTS-unique F-16 software. The pod is mounted externally on the right engine inlet hardpoint for the release 6, or R6, pod and the left engine inlet hardpoint for the release 7, or R7, pod.
The current configurations are R6 and R7 pods. R7, a hardware and software retrofit to the R6, provides precision targeting for various precision guided munitions, or PGMs, to support the destruction of enemy air defenses mission. The retrofit is on-going and all R6 to R7 upgrades should be completed by the end of 2008.
Pilots designate targets on the HARM Attack Display for launch. Upon firing, the HTS derived target information is sent to the HARM missile. The precision targeting capability of the R7 pod allows employment of various PGMs using an aircraft datalink system to quickly identify and target threats from any PGM-carrying platform on the network. Pilots can also datalink precision targeting coordinates to other F-16s or to the RC-135 Rivet Joint.
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That’s for F-16 not rafale though
Slightly different. The IR version of the AASM features an automatic target recognition (ATR) algorithm:
In theory, the Rafale would be able to launch an AASM towards the approximate location of an AA system. Then within the last ~1500m of the bomb’s travel, it switches to an IR camera which cross-references images of the target uploaded to the seeker against images of the scene observed by the IR camera. This process would ensure a far greater degree of accuracy I’d imagine (Question: how accurate in terms of metres is locating the coordinates of a radar emission source ??? [Idk shit ngl]), especially at longer ranges.
For example in game, if there were 6 different anti-airs up, then you could simply spawn in, release all your bombs towards an approximate area given by SPECTRA, and then go back to base to rinse and repeat whilst the ATR sorts the rest out for you )))))
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So the Rafale might actually beat the EFT in WVR now, which is accurate.
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Ya know normally I hit the blue button, like the post and go along my merry way but this one pained me
It’s just… not right
Better than Eurofighter CFTs though
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I would probably never use the conformal fuel tanks, but I guess maybe some people will use it for the cool factor.
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It’s closer but probably not. EFT still has a small advantage in any relevant flight regime on paper. It now easily beats the gripen though, before the gripen matched the sustained rate but the gripen had less speed bleed and made it better in a dogfight.
good thing they’re not cleared
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Something you’ve done for several years and now you’re trying to call other people out on it? That’s rich.
Funnier when you realize that his stance is well supported and yours is once again… dubious at best.
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Really? Id be interested in seeing the source for this, seeing as as stated above, I dont actually see anything in his report stating the IFF should be capable of doing this, and he’s repeatedly brought up the datalink as response to constant IFF radio emissions. I’ll apoligize if I’ve actually been wrong this whole time.
Edit: Just saw the next message. Sorry @DirectSupport seems I was wrong, though Id still think this would render the aircraft viewable on RWR’s capable of picking up the relevant radar band.
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Cough cough
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