yet another U.S. 14.3, lets go.
It’s an F-16. so 11.0 at best.
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gaijin is literally incapable of giving the us a top tier aircraft
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Sounds like the ASQ-213 HTS pod itself
Just give the F-15E an AESA radar, 120Ds, and call it a day.
Only the more recent REV 7 (early 2000’s IOC) HTS pods and later could transform a contact to GPS directly.
But yes, it is basically just further propagation of Wild Weasel efforts.
It’s also interesting to note that they still use modified F-16’s and haven’t moved to the F-35 yet.
Probably waiting for either AARGM-ER or SiAW to mature for F-35.
Plus they can’t make the jets fast enough already.
Also there is kind of an argument to be made for dedicated Wild Weasel flights to be detected, at least for now. Emit and die to undetected F-35s. If someone is going to get shot at, might as well be the ones who want to be in F-16s.
Also as I understand it, every F-35A takes on the SEAD/DEAD mission, instead of just a specialized squadron.
IMO HaveGlass modernized F16s are best candidates for Wild Weasel tho
Does that mean ALR-69A makes F16 less reliant on HTS even on SEAD tasks?
It should depend heavily on if you expect solely to deal with an A2AD network, or also expect to be intercepted, while absolutely an F-16 with three Fuel tanks 2 HARM / SiAW, a Pair each of AMRAAM & Sidewinders, a HTS pod and SNIPER XR. would do a better job targeting static emitters simply due to being able to go much further and carrying more ordnance.
It’s going far less survivable simply due to signature management in comparison to an optimized F35; on a per airframe basis the F-35 might only have a Single HARM / SiAW, or 4x GBU-53 /AGM-187 & 2 AMRAAMs in the opposite bay, with their equivalent sensors to retain internal ordnance.
Though it is likely that a direct HTS pod counterpart probably doesn’t exist, at least for now.
No, it’s still a Optimized sensor for the role and so should be preferred as it will have superior performance since the RWR has other tasks it needs to perform (the HTS array isn’t omni directional, nor an AESA yet so likely has better performance as a sensor), it just reduces the risk of having an aircraft (It’s not just F-16’s being equipt with them) bumble into something later as a backstop.
Basically the HTS is an offensive sensor, the RWR is Defensive in nature.
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even 14.3 is basically 14.7 so its DOA
Still a better choice over F-16C-50 and Superhornet if you’re to fight 14.7 jets anyway
Nah with 12x AIM-120D the 18E will probably fit the meta more than this new F-16. The 18E will have a slightly better radar and with 12x 120D it doesn’t have to be as conservative with it’s missiles and can even use them to shoot down enemy missiles.
This new F-16 will have to double or triple check every target it wants to fire at, Since every missile wasted hits the F-16 hard with only 6 of them to begin with. Even then a lot of it’s missiles will just be wasted when there will be a billion AESA EFTs/F-15C GE/SM2s on your team with both more missiles, better radars and better BVR flight performance.
I read on Google that the block 52 can hold two extra missiles hold up to 8 in real life situations
Check my recent post hard research it can hold 10-12
With all due respect, google AI is hardly a credible source for such info.
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So I tried to find the TMLA, but it only exists in renders right now;
Seems to be the rack that was planned for F-21 with some changes to the adaptor shape.
Block 70/72
F-21;
Also seems SAAB designed a BOL twin pack for the F-16, doesn’t appear anyone has bought it though.
