I would say aim 54
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Aim-54
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how do iranians still have any aim54s lying around lol
They learned how preserve them very late in their lives, so they probably only have around 40-50 of them left if even that.
Assuming that any actually remain flight worthy, they have figured out how to remanufacture / recondition the propulsion section by this point. Since that was why they were withdrawn from service around mid ~2004 or so. as the Motors were aging out.
And I can guarantee that they won’t have lasted another decade especially considering that the S/Ns of transferred AIM-54’s were not new builds at the time but came from existing inventory.
From various photos and some information I’ve gathered, I’m starting to believe that the Fakour-90 isn’t an upgraded AIM-54A, but rather just a MIM-23’s guidance and rocket motor stuffed into an AIM-54 body and control surfaces, making it a SARH missile…
Makes no sense, they’ve already got the Sedjil for that. Plus, the Fakour 90 is a little smaller in diameter than AIM-54 so the internals would need to be modified to fit in the reduced cross section.
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The problem is that if it was developed based on the AIM-54, coolant for cooling the missile would definitely be required and there is switch for cooling missiles in cockpit.
However, judging from photos of the F-14A equipped with the Fakour-90/AD-40A, We don’t see the coolant at station 3/6.
It’s a modern missile (2010s). It’s not crazy to say it can have it’s own coolant.
It’s an ARH Missile. It’s be advertised as an ARH missile to buyers. Otherwise there’s no difference between it and the failed HAWK program.
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Some infos about AN/ALR-50 but, maybe nothing new except current AN/ALR-50 in the game detect SA-2 as SAM LO even they are identifiable in real life.
Integrated Electronic Warfare System Advanced Development Model (ADM); Appendix 1 - Functional Requirement Specification.
Integrated Electronic Warfare System Advanced Development Model (ADM); Appendix 2 - Computer Program Performance Specification.
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That’s from Heatblur’s early F-14A manual but, this image is clearly -1A.
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Only 5kW? The Raptor can do 20
The raptor isn’t using a mechanical radar with a single transmitter
If you would look at the output of a single transmitter of the raptor it would be way less than even a single kw
On top of that is the AWG-9 from the 70s
Also the 5kw isnt peak output but average
Peak output for the AWG-9 is 10kw
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It’s 10.5kW peak performance but for normal operations it’s 5kW. Like whenever it goes over 18 targets or has to process lots of things at once it’ll use it’s peak kW automatically. Anything less and the RIO has to configure it iirc.
Exactly.
actually f-14d is the same size as raptor. kinda hilarious considering each one flew within like 10 months of each other with their first flight
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Yeah I was about to say the F-14D is the same size as the raptor when swept. When unswept, it’s ~20 feet wider.
Still half that of the Raptor. And all those TRM are working togetehr
i mean we’re comparing the raptor to the damn tomcat. a tad unfair aint it lol
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a better comparison would be to that super tomcat. i forgot if theres even mockups of that thing tho