There is no such thing as rcs advantage in this context
There are countries that are spending far more on F-15s than on EF.(Rafale contempory)
Australlia convert half of order of F-18E into a version that will carry big pods outside. no concern with RCS. It was done at such price that they could have added additional 18 F-18E.
Threre are hundreds of chinese heavy jets.
Even the latest order 42 MKI by India came with large price increase. no concern with spending money on aircraft with no rcs reduction feature.
by now India will know rcs level of Rafale to large extent as they trialed it.
Most of the above aircrafts are way heavier and need two pilots. so alot expensive to operate.
Su-35 has taken certain measures for reducing rcs but it is not objective to make it slow.
Ah yes, the good old make a ridiculous claim and then demand others disprove it approach…
Not ridculous claim. Tornado ADV specification performance is higher or you think only Dassualt Specifications are right.
Again, spec-sheet top speeds are very misleading. No 4th generation aircraft actually operates near its maximum speed. Additionally, while it is true that going higher and faster is advantageous for BVR shots, that really only matters if you are comparing similar missiles.
I didnot said that aircrafts operate at top speeds with weopons. Rafale top speed is lower. so it is more likely that its weopon carrying speed will be lower.
A Meteor is a far longer ranged and more energetic missile than is available on any threat aircraft, meaning that the Rafale would have a substantial advantage even if it were operating slightly lower or slower.
You certainly dont have comparable data of other missile that proclaiming Meteor is far longer range than any other. why doesnot India/UAE integrate into there Mirages?. there could be other customers if it provide any advantage.
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This would be pretty comical if I didn’t suspect you were serious. The Su-35 has bigger engines, therefor you think it can carry more pods and be a better standoff jammer? 😀
Sure it is fighter to compete with 5G types. More aerodynamic with rcs treated canopy than any other flanker.
You don’t seem to know what point you are making.
The Growler supports all US aircraft, from the F-22 and B-2 to the B-52. It is a dedicated support asset and it works with all aircraft across all the services.
Su-34/Su-35 does not support all Ruaf?. both wingtip and centreline pod is tested. Su-34 have even a big tail. I would say every Su-34/Su-35 is potential Growler.
The existence of the Growler doesn’t say a thing about the RCS of the baseline Super Hornet or any other aircraft.
Growler is to degrade radar/communications. If rcs measures alone are effective there is no point for this aircraft.
Moderm EW suites can give good range estimation (good enough to compute BVR firing solution) and also share data through data link to consolidate passive tracks.
What is extremly simplistic is ignoring the fact that a EW system will detect your radar emission 2 times further away than your radar effective range, so you’d better use it with caution, especially when your RCS is something like 20 times higher than your oponent’s.
India has a good insight on the last generation of su-3x, yet they were convinced that ordering 126 + Rafale is a good idea
First we dont know what criteria India use to select planes. it could be similar criteria of Agusta-Westland deal. and Those IAF Rafales are not arriving any time soon.
EW cannot replace Radar. Rafale is essentially Tornado comparable. Not much higher speed/altitude. and with weak engine power it willl certainly not provide acceleration for BVR shot and power requirements to same extent as wingtip pods on Su-35. not much impact on aerodynamic. External pods are more easily upgradeable than some thing internal.
see these wing tip and centerline pods. the wing tip pod is bigger than R-77.
It will increases effectivness more than EA-18G. you dont need centerline pod for every aircraft. one aircraft in group will do the work for rest. and rest could still have wing tip pods. if these external pods are not important so why Aussies has to spend $2b over the top of F-18E to create EA-18G.
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