A LO scoop 😀

Why not an LO exhaust vent btw?

No, but it would have pretty limited uses. A good WW3 interceptor of B-52s over the Arctic Ocean, or NATO transport aircraft transporting US reinforcements to Europe. Against AWACS, that huge AESA radar would still be outclassed by the radar on the target, enabling the target to run (I know, that would only delay interception), deploy counter-measures, & call for help. Against fighters, that Tu-22M would be much more of a target than a threat.

Against awacs you don’t really need a radar, you just follow the giant emitter. You just need to turn the radar on to pop your R37s.

Of course fighters would be a risk, but you could operate from remote areas that fighters can’t reach.

Nic

I didn’t get it, can you plz explain it …

It is mentioned as the maintenance intervals… so can you explain that figure by connecting it to the engine operations..

The article says it’s a NATO TAC (tactical air cycles) standard, which counts the number of inputs on the throttle.

Being a NATO standard, it would be interesting to know what the numbers are for other common engines.

Nic

Can’t wait to see it take off.

Nic

Awesome scheme! 😮

Nic

False rumour to make the shares plunge? Someone wants to buy a lot of shares in the defense industry?

Nic

Yes more pics would be very welcome. It seems like it looks great.

Nic

Indeed. That’s why I posted it. Contrary to what jackonicko/lake wants us to believe, the Dutch evaluation was not a paper exercise, with delegations from the Netherlands flying every contender except the F35 which didn’t exist at this time.

Nic