The F-14D could do the same thing. It’s one of the most famous F-14D occurrences.
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Yeah the only really IR stealthy jets are B-2/B-21 and maybe F-117 to a lesser degree
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By far. The F-14D’s went out to 305km and found 2 F-16s and a tanker with good resolution.
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Source?
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bigger aircraft → Easier to detect
3 Aircraft together! → Much easier to detect
It’s further up. Search 190 on the forum. It’s all timestamped.
6 Jet exhausts next to each other being determined as there’s something there by the IRST isn’t a big accomplishment
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Apparently, you’re not understanding the words I typed out. The SU-35’s IRST range best case scenario is ~90km. The F-14D picked up something from more than 3x that range and still had good resolution to pick out the F-16s. These F-16s are on low throttle and are low heat sigs. The Tanker is probably a bit more hot, but it doesn’t have afterburners or anything. And it has to be a tanker that supports boom, because I don’t think the F-16 has any other method of refueling.
I did not mention the argument
I just commented that those 300km aren’t special under those circumstances
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I thought it was saying (Su-30) as a distinction to the Su-30 Series’s IRST. My bad.
What other fighter has that IRST range in those circumstances? I’m curious.
the F-35?
I don’t know, usually their Users don’t publish embarrassing tests like those
this is like saying the AiM-9B has a maximum detection range of 150.000.000km because it detects the sun
Incomprehensibly huge nuclear ball vs. jet engines isn’t close
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6 Jet engines next to each other!
this is at range effectively a Big bright ball for an IRST
did you really think this wasn’t exaggerated?
F-35 is american. They’d be fighting alongside each other. It’s different era’s of technology being upgraded.
How much further up are you talking? The only search results I can see from the last couple of days are just you claiming 190 mile detection range without sources.
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You asked what other plane does that, and i answered it.
I think I posted it on the F-14D suggestion thread.
Edit: @Flame My bad. I said 200 in the original.