I didn’t want to touch on it, but the EFT IRST is garbage. It’s more in line with the even more trash Russian IRSTs. The F-14D’s actually has some power and functionality around it with 190+ mile range.
Purely due to it being newer. Had the US not been complete morons, the ST-21 would’ve developed with the AAAM Aim-152 ACMID. Basically a meteor missile. And for WVR the F-14D already had the Aim-120 and Aim-9X.
Well, thats more about boeing lobby
CAPTOR-M is so heavily classified that I’d be surprised if the public, including you, even know what it can do
we know not that much about it besides it being able to compete with PESA radars and early AESA radars
it achives this by having alot of computing power behind it
it is said that the Capator-M is able to run ground mapping modes and air to air modes interweaved/ at the same time
well good luck with that, it is the same ppl who retired one of the coolest jets for the F-18
the US could also have the ASRAAM but they dicided to make the inferior aim-9x and they are only now starting to catch up to the ASRAAM and IRIS-T with the aim-9x blk 3
the EF is also able of carring all possible Aim-120 variants and they are starting to get AESA radars as well
and exactly that part is why it’s miles better than APG-71 in practical use
it’s like comparing a Good SRC only Radar to a Mediocre PD radar
the captor also has a really high output power
iirc it has a higher output than the AWG-9
I didn’t want to touch on it, but the EFT IRST is garbage. It’s more in line with the even more trash Russian IRSTs. The F-14D’s actually has some power and functionality around it with 190+ mile range.
How is the PIRATE garbage, exactly? And do you have any sources? Same for the russian ones. They are garbage compared to what, and based on what sources?
By your logic the F-14Ds IRST is garbage because the F-35’s DAS has a range of 800+ miles.
Feels like I’ve seen that image with a bunch of different planes photoshopped into it
I would also photshop a F-4F in there, everybody knows it is alot more scary than the f-22
and it would make good propaganda
Except for the landing assistance, I don’t see anything special there. The F-14D IRST has all that.
Yes, compared to DAS the F-14D’s IRST is garbage. It’s not like they’d never be fighting anyway.
yup
you source being?
So… it can display image! wow! magic! clearlyUSwillBEdestroyedTHEYcantHANDLEit!
F-14D manual is expo restricted
it is about what it displays not that it is displaying an imgae
So, it got 2km close and can display F-22 here? well…
