For one, the wings would be more like the Raptor’s than the Flanker-type conventional ones seen here, if the design CGIs were any indication.

The TU-50’s wings look alot like the YF-22’s wings IMHO.

Would it be possible to fit the YF-23’s v-tail to the F15SE and eliminate the vertical stabiliser? They would have to implement FBW but Boeing’s marketing video states that they are planning FBW.

First Internal Weapon launch for the F15 Silent Eagle

Boeing successfully launched a missile from the F-15 Silent Eagle’s newly designed Conformal Weapons Bay (CWB) on July 14. Demonstration aircraft F-15E1 departed from Point Mugu Naval Air Weapon Station, Calif., at 5:59 p.m Pacific time, launched an inert AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (AMRAAM) from its left-side CWB, and returned to base at 6:52 p.m.

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Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle missile launch

Boeing F-15SE Test Flight

The F-35 is optimized for X-band and K/Ku band stealth. The KJ2000 AWACs should have a radar coverage of 450km well outside Meteor range. It also operates in the S-band which means the F-35 might not be stealthy.

If the J-10 have datalinks to the AWACS they can launch missiles without radar lock with mid-course guidance update from AWACs platform and terminal guidance provided by the missile’s seeker head. J-10 also has IRST. AWACS datalink and IRST can possibly negate X-band stealth.

Both sides will be operating under heavy jamming degrading datalinks and sensors. The goal of both sides would be to take out the AWACS platform first. F-22 rather than F-35 should be used for this attempt. The other side will use more aircraft(greater numbers) to provide a screen for the KJ2000.

I’m not referring to Iraq and Afghanistan, so I’m not really sure why you’re fixed on them. Diplomacy is only effective, if you have the means to enforce it. Without leverage, you’re never going to be able to look after your national interests properly.

Diplomacy is also effective for an economic superpower that has large buying power and can enforce trade sanctions.

It doesn’t make sense to want to protect global national interests if a country isn’t a global economic superpower. Its better to fix the economy first. Then procure a large blue-water navy.

Videos of the unveiling.

http://www.baesystems.com/Sites/Taranis/Video/index.htm

More images here
http://www.baesystems.com/Sites/Taranis/Images/index.htm

The aircraft doesn’t have a launchbar. Are they going to use a ramp? Is there any info on the avionics/engines? I hope they’ll use a F35 style widescreen touchscreen and get rid of the HUD.

Very nice looking airplane.:)