it becomes funny after some time.. looking at kiwinopal running in circles and posting his misinterpretations (to stay polite) all around the place…

actually, it may be efficient in convincing somebody just passing by, since it’s his posts that are most visible…

often inaccurate but visible 😀

one thing one has to wonder, why do manufacturers spend billions on developing and testing various aircraft, etc… while we here have such geniuses who can say immediately that this or that formula is better with no doubt and, just by quickly looking at one design say what the performance, drag, lift, etc.. will be

considering India wants ToT, the F-35 is already out of the game altogether.. since even basic level of ToT (including the source codes necessary for integration of local weapons) that’s granted by any other maunfacturer won’t be done for the F-35.

So, the F-35 is out, why talk about it? simply because LM hopes to sell the F-16 to India and they waive the F-35 in hope India may be interested…

Marketing talk, basically

kiwinopal, any fighter market is political, so bragging that this or that is better because it was chosen is futile, as the aircraft’s performance was way down on the list of priorities that led to the decision as to which fighter to buy.

Now, considering the political weight of the US, they can produce the best fighter out there or not, they’ll still sell a whole bunch of these.

Using low-band radar doesn’t automatically means that you will see the stealth intruder. Of course, modern stealth fighter are optimized for X-band, but it doesn’t mean that in lower bands their stealth is nonexistent.
One of the best low-band radar Vostok-E (still only few prototypes only exist ) is claimed to be able to detect F-117 in jammed environment (jammer: 200W/MHz, distance 200km) from a distance of 57km (F-14 – 150km). That’s not bad, but the F-117 isn’t the best VLO thing out there. Besides – Vostok-E is only 2-dimensional radar. Nebo SVU seems to have smaller range, but it’s a 3-dimensional radar with better measurement accuracy, so in theory you can try to guide a missile using it. But even when you fire an active radar homing missile – detection and lock on range against stealth fighter will be much smaller (~3km). So, firing a missile from a distance of 100km means that there is a high probability that the missile will just fly 2-3km next to the fighter and will not see him – measurement accuracy of low-band radars is insufficient, so you have to shoot from a much smaller distance.

IRST is a good way to counter stealth, but modern IR sensors have much smaller range than modern radar. For example new Russian OLS-35 for Su-35 has a max detection range of 35km (front) and up to 90km (rear hemisphere), but only under optimal conditions. IRST is highly dependent on the weather – so if there it rains or there is a cloud cover, ranges would be much smaller. Besides – it’s hard to have a firing solution without knowing the range, and OLS-35 (for example) can measure range under optimal conditions up to 20km. Besides – modern stealth fighters (such as F-35) are covered with topcoat that suppresses IR signature.

So – it’s really hard to make a stealth fighter as visible as other conventional fighters.

actually, the low freq radars can detect stealth aircraft with a few km margin. while it’s not enough to efficiently aim a AAA gun, an interceptor with IRST could be directed in the right direction, using approximative position of the target by link16 (interceptor remains passive to stay undetected) and acquire the target with its IRST. from there on, firing a missile or two (just in case) could make attackers day pretty complicated.

same for eventual SAM which would need to have a good IR seeker integrateed (there’s no SAM i know of that has it to this point, but, considering the size of a missiles “nose”, you could make it pretty big – sensitive allowing for a good detection range), as well as a Link16 and LOAL capability, so that you can fire it in the general direction of the incoming aircraft, update their position if necessary until the seeker locks on and does the terminal guidance.

what’s more, Such a SAM could be launched passively (the radar network could simply order the launch from a distance.. no need for an emitter close by), so its position remains undetected until it’s been fired

What thy need in Afhganistan is AD-1 Skyraider or P-47 Thundebolt.

that’s why I talked about the A10 in the first place: a modern version of the A-1 (or AD-1 for the navy version). Bomb truck, armored, sturdy, and capable of doing the job down low

No he is not. EADS & NG were partners & EADS was 100% behind the threats to not bid unless the solicitation criteria were altered to accomodate their otherwise noncompetative platform.

so EADS dumped NG and went on all by themselves by against their own will?

By definition tailplanes are farther way from the wings

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the tailplanes are “biting” into the wings on the raptor, even on a close coupled canard like the rafale, there’s a small distance between the canards and the wings, not to speak about the typhoon

by definition, there’s no “specific distance difference” between canards and wings and tailplanes and wings, the only difference “by definition” is that the first are ahead of the wing and second behind