Both GR1/4 and F3 Tornados can carry the outer hardpoints or not 😉

The F-15E has no problems in very low level flight thanks to its LANTIRN system, as long as the speed doesnt exceed 900km/h. More, and it starts getting rough 🙂

The Hornets design is not really optimised for supersonic speeds. That was already obvious with the F-18A. Strange, because the old F-17 was not so bad. Now, the Super Hornet is even worse than a legacy Hornet. Everytime the basic Cobra design was enlarged, performance was lost. I dont know much about aerodynamics, but it seems to me the original LWF platform is not a good starter for a 13 ton class heavy strike fighter.
I read somewhere (I even think it was here) that the transonic drag increase on the Hornet results from the “negative area rule” fuselage. Because the fuselage is widest right under the wings, and if you add the Sparrow/targeting pod stations, it is even worse. I cant think of any other fighter with the intakes located so far aft.

Cool, that F-18L even has non airbrake pylons 🙂

The Crusader needed 4 guns because they jammed a lot esp. under g load.
Of its 18 victories, only one MiG was shot down by gun fire anyway, the rest were mostly AIM-9D Sidewinders.
Even if the F-8 was not much more manouverable than other American fighters of the vietnam era, i like it. Its a single seat pure fighter with guns. The best fighter of its time imho.

So you’re saying that Eurofighter Gmbh is deliberately disseminating false information about what Typhoon can carry on which pylon? And the RAF has been fooled by it? (Note that the RAF website repeats the information from Eurofighter in the links I supplied).

Seems hard to believe. What’s your evidence that they’re lying?

A few years ago, official EF specs said the inner pylons are rated for 1000lb class stores. I dont know if they changed that, but pics available so far say they did not.
Its just strange there are no pics of heavy stores there, whereas you can find tons of pics with all kinds of weapons, some of them are years away from operational use…

I firmly believe the Typhoon compliments the F22, more so then the F35. The latter is trying to do too much in one airframe. Tobe relly effective it needs external stores and then bang goes the stealth. Yes it can carry 2 1000lb JDAM internally and that will suffice for low intensity warfare such as Iraq but a major conflict? well we shall see.

2 2000lb JDAMs is what F-16/F-18 carry, so its enough. The EF will have problems with such a load being restricted to only 3 heavy stations…

Stealth has a finite life. Eventually a counter-measure will be developed, increasing the chances of detection.

Which is even worse for Typhoon and the like. No matter what, F-35 will always enjoy a detection advantage.