Well, words of someone allegedly working in UAC is anything but a primary source.
They could also be painted over, but could be ditched entirely as well. Maybe they are too expencive for the purpose they are doing, or don’t offer any good integration, considering that SM2 still rocks N011M and not N035
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I would assume this maybe the case.
I’m still intrigued as to what function they provide, since “Multifunctional Interrogator” is hardly a comprehensive list.
Also, According to George N, the extra antennae are what’s used for Datalink, likely for the R-37M, so our hypothesis of the AESA’s working in tandem with the R-37M and R-77M’s 2 way DL maybe incorrect.
Location of the antennas is a bit weird, as well as the ffact that they look more like recieving antennas rather than trasmitting ones. Maybe DL he talks about is for the communication of the Aircrafts in the network, not between Aircraft and the Missiles. But i am no engineer (at least not a radio engineer), so its a speculation at best
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This would make sense, Iirc there was some effort to make more A-100s so maybe this has something to do with that.
I’m not sure, But if we see this new batch with R-37M (or maybe, god willing, R-77M) I think we can rule out the possibility of the AESA’s being used as 2 way DL.
Or they could just be painted over and hard to see, which is also possible.
Honestly, if Russia is actually just using AESA dishes ONLY as IFF interrogators it will be quite hilarious. On the other hand - Kuwait showed us how important it is to make your IFF as good as possible lmao
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It isn’t ONLY IFF…
Anymore, at least. Before the Su-57 though…
Truth Nuke, Russia only shoots down their own planes on purpose.
Looking at you, S-70.
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Bro was trying to break out of his cage (putting AI into military tech is totally safe, right?)
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Has anyone asked him if the knobs under the nose and just behind the cockpit are effectively RWR?
Not from what I’ve seen.
It’s either him or the mythbusters, someone gotta tell us the truth on that too.
I just unlock base sm, should I skip or crew this slow flanker
Still a good 14.3 jet.
Probably a good grinder for the sm2 as well, just sucks that you’ll face 14.7 almost every match.
It was worth it back when the 13.3 sales were on, but atm I’d just skip it until you can get the SM2.
Which is sad, since the Su-30SM is a great plane. But saving your SL and getting the SM2 is much more worthwhile.
It’s a primary source because I say he’s saying the truth so he must be trust
Awww :(( Can’t say I had an enjoyable experience playing the flanker Venezuela, though.
bro doesn’t know a definition of a primary source
I know I’m just joking
Though if you guys found someone confirmed to be working at Sukhoi they still wouldn’t believe anything he says
“we believe this is an engineering lie”
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