PAK-FA could also be great at SEAD , DEAD if it can carry Hermes missile , that things seem very potent
range = 100 km
speed = 1300 m/s ( about mach 3.6 )
so it both much faster and can carry more per weapon station compared to SDB or SPEAR , disadvantage is that it not fire and forget
Brimstone block II also seem pretty decent
range = 60 km
speed = 450m/s ( about mach 1.25 )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimstone_(missile)
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-brimstone-2-passes-test-against-high-speed-391932/
so a bit shorter range than SPEAR , carry less per weapon station but a bit faster
Aim-9X block III
range = 55 km
speed = 900 m/s ( about mach 2.5 )
shortest range but probably the fastest SEAD weapon in the West
F-102 and f-106 look so similar , do they perform very different or the same
Think you need to re-read the request- he was looking for realistic….
While all of those could do the job, none are sitting at Edwards ready to go, not even in semi-plausable fiction.
only need to modify the B-1B engine alittle bit to revert it back to B-1A , i think
I never saw such a low-drag design before or after,
it has got to out-range just about anything in supersonic flight short of intercontinental supersonic bombers
it look kind of the same as f-102 , mirage 2000 and migare IV.jpg)
F-106 had some issues, the biggest being pretty limited in its role. I personally thought the airframe was pretty robust and made sense. But four micro AAMs for armament was pretty restrictive. Imagine the range F-35 would have had with a payload requirement of 1500 pounds…total.
In reality it had been five AAM, until around the early 70’s when they replaced the center nuke with a cannon.
to be fair it carry more missiles than F-35 ,even have a nuke missiles , and despite being micro the range of 9 km is not very short by it’s time
missiles actually seem quite big
To give you an idea of what had to be sacrificed to make the Spear3:
The SDB2 has a 50-ish lb warhead
The Spear3 has an 18lb warhead.
where did you get the warhead weight of SPEAR III ?
btw they seem to have a little bit different design
SDB II have wider wing span + 4 tail fin ( not sure what are the advantages , disadvantage though
MALD and MALD-J
can MALD be carry on the AA station , it seem pretty small
The answer to suppression of air defense is spelled UAV
http://defense-update.com/directory/harpy.htm
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UAV could be shot down too , i think the answer to swam of loitering weapon , probably a MALD with a warhead , that thing fly really far though ,about 920 km or close to that
SDBII is the start and the emphasis no doubt is on affordability given that they requirement would likely be for a very large purchase over the years. How hard would it be for Raytheon to add the TJ-150 to the SDBII for a future iteration of the munition? The advantage raytheon will have going forward with the SDB2 is that there would be a customer base already for the weapon and the economies of scale would kick in, where they go from there obviously depends upon the market study and what they think will sell.
there no place left to add fuel and engine , intake in the GBU-53 , unless it be redesigned from the start to match the SPEAR III
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