F-16 Fighting Falcon: History, Performance & Discussion

There is no difference in waveform between TWS and Missile guidance for the APG-68.

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There is though, missile SARH guidance is done with HPRF modes only as that is the only one that can provide the required semi continuous or CWI (continuous wave, interrupted) signal.

LOL, bit of a stretch to say “@sudo_su1 is claiming”, when:

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3072483/aesa-radar-launches-f-16-into-next-generation-of-airpower/

Don’t you think?!

I think you mean “Lt. Col. Michael Trujillo, District of Columbia ANG’s 113th Aerospace Control Alert Detachment commander, the unit responsible for the air defense of the national capital region”

What part of "(With the F-16’s previous APG-68 fire control radar), I had the ability to target up to two tracks, that’s it, At that point, my radar is completely saturated and has no more bandwidth. With the AESA radar, (without getting into) specific numbers, I can target more things than I can shoot.” don’t you understand?

Well, except that he’s not just a “random-ass pilot” but rather the commander of the unit responsible for the air defense of the US capital region.

Plus the interview is published on the official USAF website.

still a ramdom ass pilot lmao
war thunder never allowed pilot reports and never will, because of the appeal to authority fallacy

the guy doesnt even specify when he flew the F-16 nor what verson nor what version of the APG-68.

Yes, he doesn’t specify the aircraft’s tail number and paint condition either
Irrelevant
Unless you have a source that there is a difference between various versions of the APG-68 in this regard
Not to mention that we have the V5 and V7 in the game anyways … Which are not the most advanced variants.

Plus, even if we concede that e.g. APG-68 V9, contrary to older APG-68 variants, has the ability to shoot at 6 targets simultaneously, then that would also imply that the much older APG-66 shouldn’t have the ability to shoot at 6 targets simultaneously either.

not in game so irrelevent

Do you understand what “e.g.” means?

there is a difference why would they have different designations?

I dont have to report anything. It is you that is trying to report the APG-68 and an arbitrary blog post from a general and with no specific info from Westinghouse is not gonna suffice.

Not only that, but you don’t have anything useful to add to the discussion either … Except for “I like what Gaijin has invented in this instance, so good for me”

There are a million other things that can be improved in a radar than just the number of ARH missiles that can be guided simultaneously …

I think you mean USAF official news release

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Can you drop a link, I wanna read it?

No way, is that semi-recessed AMRAAM?

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Yeah, they did it a little different for the F-16XL, they’re more apparent on the left one but still visible on the right

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Hell yeah tomcat supremacy (The AWG-9 is still horridly nerfed ingame)

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So cool!

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