Interesting…
Its IIR, not UV, tho i guess there is the possibility of it also having UV, but I dont see it anywhere. Should not give MAWS in clouds because of this, and should be blind to missiles which are blocked by the fuselage/wings due to the placement.
There was a render that demonstrated it, unfortunately google has decided that I don’t want to see it at this late hour, so I will have to put off my digging.
Think in the ilk of the Hornet dual racks (I don’t think its those exact ones though)
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That cursed thing with amraams on brimstone launcher?
Wasn’t the one I was thinking of.
But that’ll do for our purposes (the whole thing is a bit disputed, since we’ve never seen anything but renders, so it’s all a bit conjecture as to whether it could actually be done to my knowledge. It probably could)
I’m a bit curious, but what about the Typhoon’s frontal RCS reduction? I’ve heard that it’s one of the best among 4.5 generation aircraft, and behaves like a semi-stealth aircraft. I heard that the proposal to reduce the Rafale’s RCS to the same level as the Sparrow was accepted, and I thought the Typhoon would be better or about the same, so I’d like to know.
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Oh no
Bug reporting site actually
Well here a picture of its Radar scatter
Spoiler
and befor u guys cry classified docs
its from this presentation for Norway
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Don’t F-16 USAF/ANG have this system?
And doesn’t F-15 have either JHMCS D or JHMCS 2? Maybe tested or operational, I’m not sure
Showing a top-down pic to show frontal RCS area is kind of pointless. Says a lot that the entire front end is returning some sort of radar signature.
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Rafale is superior to the Eurofighter in low-observable performance, as far as I know.
Doesn’t matter since you HAVE to carry any weapons on exposed hard points anywyas
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This is true.
Stealth is butchered anyways. F-117 was nearly undetectable by full power fixed targeting radar, let a fighter or mobile one
What makes the Typhoon a menace is that it has some of the best ECM in the world. Maybe even the best ECM in the world. Even F-22 struggle vs the ECM
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Source for that claim? I have heard that the Rafales ECM suite is stellar.
I cant find the article now, but there was a quote from one of the F-22 pilots the esssence of which was that the F-22s in that Luftwaffe Typhoon vs F-22s at Red Flag couldnt lock on at ranges they normally could and were forced to close the gap quite a bit, what would have potentially been in range for PIRATE to pick them if they had them equipped.
Though you do have articles like this that might be slightly self boasting:
https://www.eurofighter.com/news/digital-stealth
Then ECRS mk2 is often described as world leading as well going forward:
https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/feature/electrifying-typhoon
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The F-22’s radar is insanely powerful and proven to be incredibly potent when used to jam. It could probably fry a eurofighters captor M, and cause serious issues with the mk2
F-22 full avionics suite is heavily fused together, the radar can use it rwr (which can already pinpoint targets) to cue a narrow, very powerful beam to lock a target at ranges it otherwise wouldn’t have found it at