If Gaijin can make filtering missile for Ground SAM so the SAM can target actual target, then they can do for the air too. This so annoying especially fighting Missile Spammer and JDAM Zombers that are cluttering the radar.
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Was fighting an Su-30 earlier, every time I tried to get a shot off, my radar locked onto the R-77-1 he fired at me. Had to defend 12 times before I eventually got a shot oppotunity then he face slammed into the ground
Yeah it’s totally stupid this increased RCS feature, and I’m surprised there’s no organized complaint to fight the RCS for missile or at least make the missile be filtered out like the Ground SAM (which they fortunately did making it an option).
Maybe its something coming with the new radar thingy next major. If it isn’t, then a poll to add it as an option/feature of the new radar thingy in a dev forum post would be the best bet
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Rafale actually has RAM inside the intakes and radar scattering triangles, but I digress
True but that’s just for general RCS reduction. None of the sources in that bug report explicitly say that is related to preventing identification via JEM (in fact they somewhat deny it, explicitly stating that it’s the engine being hidden from direct line of sight through the intake):
“A limitation to JEM NCTR techniques, though, is that if
the aspect angle is too far from head-on or tail-on and the engine intake or exhaust ducts
provide shielding for the jet engine, then there may be no JEM to detect.”
“to prevent being identified that way the Rafale designers hid the engine deep inside the fuselage. To avoid giving away the signature of the aircraft, there’s a pretty particular shape in the air intakes, if you look into the sleeve (intakes) you won’t see the engine because the objective is to hide it from hostile detection.”
I don’t see why this wouldn’t also apply here.
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The engine being hidden is one factor, radar reflections being minimized and absorbed is the other. I see no evidence of ram coating on the interior of the Eurofighter inlet ramps that would prevent a unique radar signature from returning to sender (albeit much much smaller than a direct viewing of the compressor inlet).
Even a relatively small reduction can be (usually is) catastrophic for identification though.
Also, it appears this lighter grey material is related to RAM, in which case the intake interiors are coated.
Sidenote: many modern aircraft can just do ISAR mapping or use the return intensity curve of the target’s shape for NCTR instead of relying on JEM, which tends to just totally nullify this and allow them to identify anyways. All this would actually change in game is the old US radars (which can barely identify as-is, they only classify) for example would no longer be able to identify while newer jets would be mostly unaffected.
I should be more specific, the RAM coating on the Rafale is a lot more than paint. It is a thick material that offers a much greater absorption of radar emissions than the additive paint seen on the Eurofighter. What the Eurofighter uses sparingly on only certain parts is a standard paint material used on almost every surface of something like the F/A-18E block 3 and other modern 4++ fighters. Unfortunately, it is behind the bend when it comes to low observables.
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