Yeah, that’s because it’s from a magazine, so the photos look old.
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How come the irst is not clear?
IRST use IR as its name suggests, and some materials like rare earth ceramics despite not being transparent to visible light is transparent to IR radiation. They are often actually better than transparent material thus why newer IR missiles also use this.
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This IRST can be seen on J-10B, J-10C, J-16, and now J-15T.
Curiously, J-11BG doesn’t seem to use it.
I only remember Asuka in that picture, haha.
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Really? I have never seen it turned around though.
it will turn in sky, clearly there isn’t many photos shot in sky
Apologies for the low quality
it’s taking off or landing, close to ground, so it turn off in advance.
“in sky” means flying stably
for example, this J-16 Irst, and sometimes, it also turn on when being checked in ground
yes, but the normal procedure is turn it on later
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So its clear?
Some models yes
Other models yes but slightly obscured due to usage of rare earth minerals such as Yttrium and Zirconium in a composite with Magnesium Fluoride.
When it is not clear in any way that means it is rotated to be hidden
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it’s coating film that reflects unwanted lights.
rare-earth material is totally different, and Magnesium Fluoride is clearly not rare-earth, not rare at all
There’s nothing wrong with 6+4. The EFT is 6+2, the Rafale is 8+0 or 6+2, the F-15C/E/I are 4/8+4/0, etc… 6+4 is already above average.
Yeah, I agree, but I often think PL12s are just less efficient than AMRAAMs and that sort of means more missiles are needed. Also 96 CMs are not the best, and unless domestic engines are brought in, I would really make it a F15C counterpart rather than F15E or EFT.
I want j-10B with 10 pilons.
I doubt it will get all of them although it is possible. Also currently the intake dual pylons are only for PL15 which are smaller than PL12 so still not sure if they actually ever had intake dual PL12 pylons before Pl15 comes in.
Ventral double pylon for PL-12