I’m talking about the period before f35 comes
Long dev time for a missile variant of one already in active service. I wonder if under circumstances they could just give it it’s expected performance and add it to the game just as they did with the KH-38MT
It’s very fluid at the moment, yeah. It’s very possible to renegotiate transfer of 005 or of a different prototype. At the moment all that’s somewhat solidified is the intent to acquire 16 Block IIs.
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Ah, I see. Then I would assume Rafale if Meteors, or staying with the F-2 if it’s only IIR.
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All that’s been undergone are a few separation tests with F-4s and FA-50s in flight. KF-21 at the moment has only received dummy ejection tests. Though service is supposedly planned for early 2030s, active production should begin in a couple of years.
A later response, but I wanted to correct my previous response. At the moment there simply doesn’t appear to be a MAWS on the KF-21 alongside the RWR operating in C~J band. As suspected the original documented plans changed in this aspect. The Block 2 supposes introduction of added sensors allowing detection into Ku-band. Coinciding with Block 3 developments is a supposed thorough infrared sensor array.
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check my post, those are images from a photographer, but next to the intake is that not one of the MAWS sensors?
You can’t really tell if it’s a maws or rwr antenna from that pic alone.
You would need a really nice high quality close up pic to really tell
Every bulb on the KF-21 is an RF jammer. RWR is installed on the wings. A MAWS, or rather as referred to in DAPA documents, a MWR is being developed in conjunction with a DIRCM system, as such there’s currently none installed on the KF-21. These developments aren’t due for completion until the end of the 2020s. Although, it does possess a form of sensor fusion to detect and then jam incoming detected radar missiles.
As can be seen on publicized EW Suite documents, these are the bulbs on the KF-21:
From DAPA documents regarding research on a MWR and DIRCM for improving aircraft survivability:
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