As much as I want them double AIM-120 pylons, Ive never even seen pics of them irl before, I doubt itll ever be added, nor do I think itd be balanced tbh…
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I mean, it makes sense, they are radars. Id assume the Rafales might be able too tho it shouldnt work too well in clouds, which is 90% of top tier afghanistans air rn
Saw something in the Rafale Thread yesterday suggesting the UV MAWS on Rafale can function as a continuously scanning UV device which provides situational awareness improvements also likely involving the detection of enemy aircraft as you said.
Planned on chasing that up too, thanks for reminding me. Obviously PD will almost certainly be more useful.
But yeah it would make sense.
well its a radar but i had talked to some ppl involved and they said that the software doesnt support that
UV based? hah well say goodbye to post burnout detection…
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