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@DetrimentoSumus Det var nog en 9X, då har en MAW med fackla liten chans till miss, bildalstrande målsökare slukar inte facklor lika lätt som retikelsökare. Men F-15E fick i alla fall ett par sekunders förvarning att han var påsatt, frågan är om han hinner göra verkansfull Uman.

Om äkta, och den ser så ut på telefon iaf så stärker det mina aningar om Sidewinderskott (liten verkansdel, akteraspekt, ingen uman* eller liknande från F-15). Det här sätter den kuwaitiska piloten i en "obehaglig" sits. *=F-15E saknar MAW, även F-15EX underlig nog

@GripenNews The 39Cs then have three different IR missile protection means: the 160 Pyro flares in the BOL dispenser for pre-emptive flaring, the 4*14 MJU-7 flares in the BOP/C fuselage dispensers, and the 2*6 larger 55mm flares in the BOP/Bs.

Pylon 2 fitted with old trusty BOY-402 (BOP/B) counter measures dispenser - loaded with six 55 mm cartridges. Finland even had them on upgraded Saab Draken's. Still useful. 📷Wiki MKFI / Saab

@RAeSTimR Uppsala, the Town of the F-16 airbase.

Where is Tim today...? 😉 #avgeek

@DetrimentoSumus @Borgsquirrel Bilden innehåller båda vad jag ser, 1;an en J-10A med splitter inlet, två:an med J-10Cs bumbinlet och förstorad ryggås.

@Borgsquirrel Bilden är i verkligheten drygt tre år gammal, före den grävdes upp igen. Ryggåsmodden finns inte på någon annan J-10C än på displaymaskinerna. här en bild på J-10A varianten som J-10CY ersatte

Blir mer och mer sånt här. Förut var det fan boys, influencers eller stolt inkompetenskällor, men nu börjar det bli mer grumligt. Det på bilden är en J-10CY, moddad för PLAAF:s displayteam "Första Augusti". Ryggåsen innehåller inte telekrigutrustning, utan olja för rökaggregat

@stakmaskin FMV borde teckna kontrakt om KETF ammunition till Rheinmetall's Mauser 27mm till JAS39 också. Höjer Gripens C-UAS förmåga lika mycket. Mynningsenheten på pipan finns det plats för, radar gun-mode finns redan

Wow! 30x173 med möjlighet att skjuta samma typ av KETF-am som strf 9035. Radar, IR och autodetektering. Höjer C-UAS förmågan 40000 miljoner procent, för den båt den sitter på. Det är jättemycket! (Markmål får också passa sig.)

@Toranaga680640 @SeemabA04876927 Yeah, you throw yourself out by going in sync with the stick and the stall pendulum motion, by it augmenting it until you're out. Same as we did on the Draken. The same reason for the deep stall BTW.

@SeemabA04876927 Probably scary as shit but as long as you’ve got enough altitude it’s typically recoverable

F-16 departs and spins during a dogfight.

@CDNPolicyHawk @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon Well, if you are such an avid observer, you would have learned this has 100% to do with BrAF pace of pay for delivery capability. To find money at this stretched out pace, BrAF even reduced and delayed KC390 deliveries.

@FerpeT @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon The one that's delayed final delivery from 2024 to 2032. "Saab and COMAER have signed a contract for the development and production of 36 Gripen NG fighter aircraft" "Gripen NG deliveries to the Brazilian Air Force will be undertaken from 2019 to 2024." saab.com/newsroom/press…

Soooooooooo many F-35/Gripen takes in the media focusing on what the author would like us to do... Virtually none trying to figure out what we can do. Every time I read one, I just want to shout again:

@AirPowerNEW1 meaning you can put more of the processing in SW, which allows a number of advanced algorithms to be used.

@AirPowerNEW1 It doesn't make any sense to put a GaN TRM antenna on an APG-81 backend. This is at least 20 years old in the key choices of IF depth, AD depth, and bandwith etc. You redo the backend with a thin RF part using modern wideband/deep ADs, fast Gate arrays, and lots of memory, /

US Air Force Now Denies Receiving F-35s Without Radars “USAF F-35A lot 17 aircraft are delivering with APG-81 radars”

@CDNPolicyHawk @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon What 8-year delivery delay?

@FerpeT @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon Some might point to the 8 year delivery delay, and question the "gone to plan" claim. But, again, so what? What does that have to do with Canada's personnel crunch?

@CDNPolicyHawk @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon If you've followed it, you recognize the introduction has gone to plan, i.e., the program/education and personnel resources suggested by SAAB have worked as expected with availability and reliability as expected. Compare this to the 15-year continued below targets for the F-35 .

@FerpeT @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon I've been following the Brazilian introduction of Gripen. I'm unclear what insight you're suggesting it provides on the topic of Canada's personnel crunch, though?

@CDNPolicyHawk @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon BTW, the US Air National Guard sent upgraded F-15Cs who's pilot said this; “ I was very impressed with their radar capabilities—they do things I wish American fighters could do!” He refers to how the BrAF used the swashplate to sneak up unseen in the Doppler notch.

@CDNPolicyHawk @ValkStrategy @ChristophLyon Availability of the F-39E, which had been in service with the Anapolis fighter wing for about a year, had seven of eight fighters available every day during the CRUZEX 2024 exercise.

@Hush_Kit Ok, good, so not even the ejection seat is the same!

@FerpeT 1988 prototype used Martin-Baker Mk.10 I think, and Gripen E has Martin-Baker Mk.16

I keep hearing the Gripen is an old-fashioned aircraft from 1988. Gripen E (flew 2017) likely shares ~35% commonality with the 1988 a/c. Overall layout and design philosophy remain, but the engine, avionics, radar, EW suite, cockpit & much structure are new/heavily redesigned

@noclador The F-35, with its MFA, can in NO WAY replace an F-18 Growler, which covers Ku-band through UHF with high ERP across all bands. The F-35 MFA covers less than 20% of that frequency bandwidth.

@noclador You are talking about stuff you don't understand again. The F-35 MFA has a very high ERP from 1626 TRMs and an antenna gain of 35+dB. BUT! It has a very limited bandwidth! It can't even jam the SA-10 tracking radar, which operates at a lower frequency. Do your homework!

Gripen E doesn't have a "rotating GaN radar". Gripen E GaA radar (Selex Raven ES-05) rotates. Gripen E GaN radar (Saab PS-05/A Mk 5) is fixed. GaN is better than GaA, but F-35 GaA radar (AN/APG-81) has +70% more modules & F-35 GaN radar (AN/APG-85) has +140% more modules 1/3

@noclador And no, there are more important considerations for a modern fighter radar than simply higher mean power (which GaN TRMs enable). LPI (Low Probability of Intercept) characteristics are one; there are others.

@noclador You seem to get everything wrong about Gripen, I wonder why; it's not that difficult: Gripen E/F has ONLY ONE radar Leonardo Raven ES-05, which is GaS+swashplate. Gripen C/D CAN BE upgraded to the PS-05/A mk? using a SAAB GaN antenna on a mk4 backend. But none is ordered yet.