Thank you mitsubishi Japan for deadass having pitch response information charted out in publicly available documents (it even includes relevant altitude and speed information)
They’ve already been used for bug reports and denied. Japan is doing well as far as vehicles are concerned, but between F-2 HMD, F-15JM AIM-120C-5, and ASMs potentially losing ground track capability, Japan is getting screwed on smaller things.
It’s an option the French air force decided not to take, but it is not export-only. It is however, more realistic than 12 R-77 on Su-30. Or 8x ASM on F-2.
I mean, you don’t need to fight me on this, I personally have nothing against taking brochures as primary source. Reports on J/AAQ-2 and J/APG-2 sensor fusion are based on whole lot more than just a brochure yet still being denied, fight them if you feel like it
Answer from Yusei Misumoto, author of 「全力解説 F-2」who also was part of F-2 developmet team back then, Q2 is in regard of J/AAQ-2, take what you want from it
My reading of the response is the report lacks the substantive evidence needed to action the request. RWR used in testing how that impacts other RWRs what their capabilities are in relation to the missile in question.
They may have limited how much the flaps deflect when not in takeoff/landing mode, but they most definitely still clip. They have yet to adjust the size and positions of the pylons and launch rails.