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Technical compatibility, all are advanced eagles with same mission computer
How did USAF not buy MRML if its on the outside pylon of the EX.
i like the totally not glued on irst
Fruit from forbidden tree to get that weight lol
Aren’t flankers still overperforming in STR though?
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Boeing acutally hinted the integrated IRST on the Advanced Eagles
yes but like can this is genuinly a non functioning one and a one off picture afaik
At the same time, there’s no way to know whether the fairing is a real-life IRST sensor that was fitted for testing of some kind or whether it’s a mock-up of a possible sensor housing. Boeing has responded to our inquiry and confirmed it is indeed real and not a Photoshop representation.
So mock-up seeing as it went nowhere
wouldnt matter anyhow
Still, it’s a possibility
not really its a farther stretch then anything rn, we have 2 pics and we dont even know its name or stats, plus only like 2 pics
IRST integrated is a huge stretch for now, but inner wing MRML is clearly something Boeing is fully aware of for the advanced eagles
yup
That’s not glued on. There is a panel there, and has been since at least the C/D models
Funny thing is that through newer 34s, F15A/Cs(using normal apg63s and 63v1s) and F15Es apg70s used the full 160N.M range. Dunno when it happened specifically, the 1989 F15E-34 gaijin has would atleast tell me it happened in the 90s