its nice how that pencil beam is going to jam a 4 mether square antena of pesa guidance radar…:D
actually i think its a good comparison just how innefective it is ,ofcource 60s ,70s ,sam systems it does work, most of time.
and emmiters just might be chaff and decoy nearby that radar operator has decided to illuminate…

What happens to a ‘beam’ of RF energy as it gets further from its source?

That’s what I call a real proof. 🙂
Here another animation of roughlky the same value..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t672XRKLH4w

Cool does that mean that the RAF are getting B52s or the USAF are getting Typhoons?

Al

A big advantage which Tornado has/had over the Aardvark was how long it could remain very low level.

F111 may well have had better range (dependent on all kinds of variables such as how big a warload vs how much external fuel each is carrying) but it could not fly as low for as long. Partly as the ride was just too darned uncomfortable and the pilots could not possibly operate efficiently in those conditions.

Neither Tonka or Aardvark are the subject of (possibly/probably exaggerated) tales of bazooka rockets bouncing off them so the Bucc’s still ahead on that one (maybe that’s why it appealed so much to an old dyed in the wool Navy man like Mountbatten a throwback to the glory days of battle wagons)

Al

Would it be feasable with late 1980s avionics and radars to produce a new version that combined both GR and F variants. It could be the FRS5. Also what would have to be done to navalise a Tornado, whats the shopping list of things?

Replace most of the structural materials with non-corroding equivalents

Replace most of the structural members to take the impulse of catapult launches and impulse of much larger sinkrates

MAYBE re-engineer keel for arrester landings although Tornado has an arrestor hook so this may not be as full on as first looks

Replace nose oleos to increase AoA on takeoff

Replace the tyres (sink rates again)

Raise the cockpit to give pilot a decent view for takeoff

Get ready of bloody ridiculous go/no go flight computer so that don’t lose 50% of sorties as they prep for launch

Call it Tsunami and sell to JMSDF*

Al

*and the French? Hey actually hang on that’s not so silly mayhap give our gallic chums a chance to show that they can play nice in multi-national aircraft porgrammes

I like the look of DAS and certainly full coverage passive sensors sound like winners.

If the choice of sprites brings some joy to particular nationalists then all power to their elbows.

Will it live up to billing or live down to estimated costs? That’s in the realm of uncertainty and optimism

Al

Canberra

But TBH only because other wiser heads have already pointed out its value. Feel like a bit of a lightweight in comparison.

Al

It is certainly the case that OHPs and Perrys (and if we are honest any skimmer built to a budget) has drawbacks and may well not be as seaworthy as planned or claimed* however both have HULLFORMS which are inherently designed for operations in blue water.

Planing hull forms are not.

Al

* exhibit A: The Leander class, commonly described by VSOs and nautical books as ‘one of the finest seakeeping ships that the RN has ever operated‘ but speak to anyone who has actually served on one and their opinion will differ somewhat

Oh and talking of tricks being missed…………….

Will the USN replace Perrys with
licence-built Zieven Provincen
licence-built F100s
a rugged own design and build which could corner the market for ‘only surface combatant’ in Navies with much less money to spend

?

Al