thats a silly post, isnt it toocool, would you like to talk about the f22 fa18 doing proven high aoa

Sintra
i meant laser for the laser paveway
the damocles has been ordered and has been/will be fitted to the rafale for a-stan
i think the ir is still in testing and hasnt been ordered yet
the up coming laser aasm is being ordered along with more gps is what i heard

“IR missiles don ‘t need to see the plume to have a lock , hot airframes is enough”

most sensible thing you have said in a long time. modern ir doesnt go after the plume
but the topic is the nozzle
now the question, does the f-35 have a hot airframe ?

as well, not instead of
please tell me about the software bluewings, i need a smile for the day

refer to TMors quote about gps aasm and ground targeting
edit although TMors quote did say non passive for ground, it was a2a claim i disputed

ok TMor, thanks very much for that
as per my last post, i think the new aesa will be used for jamming too, is that mentioned yet ?
as its only a couple of years away, they would probably also be working on tactics for that as well

well this clears up another point
“Spectra detects, radar creates a high res map, target in designated and shot”
there was a debate a little while ago where i said that the ground radar/missile site couldnt be passively targeted by rafale in uae, as was suggested
i said
the rwr gives a bearing, the radar/map gives the gps coords to the aasm to destroy the ground radar
there are a few people who could acknowledge i had the right end of the stick all along
edit, it was the rwr use in a2a i disputed, i agreed the rwr could take several bearings to give an aprox location that may be accurate enough for a gps aasm but would be accurate for the new ir or rf aasm
@ missileer
all in all most defense journalists do a good job and all know more than i do, any minor mistakes in an article doesnt really matter to the big picture of the story
its only on the forums where every word is dissected in the debate it becomes an issue

@ Toan
i cant google in french, can you check for me that the satcom isnt going to be for F3-O4T please
i take it the awacs are using satcom and the rafale is transmitting and receiving info with them on link 16 at the moment

Well. Arthuro talked about a unique capability. This doesn’t mean that the journalist said so. I don’t have the article yet.

i didnt realise it wasnt a quote and arthuro may have meant good capability
on rereading this page i missed this before, arthuro in another post went on to say
About cooperative jamming this feature is under experimentation right now among the operational test squadron (CEAM) to define how it should be used among the forces.

so perhaps it would be nice to be clarified when you get the article or by arthuro when he has a minute or two

if the latter is right about coop jamming experiments
it may well be they are setting up doctrine for when the aesa radar comes online
the whole or part of the array can be used as a jammer and coop with others, doing all sorts of wonderful things, depending on the software
as you know, it is really going to be a great asset for the rafale

by reading quote of him saying
“About existing capabilities a quite unique feature that have been revealed in this issue is “cooperative jamming” with SPECTRA. This feature will be improved in the next batch.

well why isnt he aware that usa has cooperative jamming and decoy dispensing
this is why i prefer dassault or thales etc creditable quotes, jurno’s opinions get the wrong end of the stick quite often