F-2

I recently got the block 40 apg-68(v)1 pilots guide which is used by the 30

Going by Falcon Strike 2015 the Gripen Ps-05a detects a 5 sq meter target at 129km (the same as RDY believe it or not). Captor-C and D are also based on Blue Vixen and have similar average and peak power (around 1kw average and 10kw peak). The biggest difference being antenna size (60cm for ps-05a vs 75cm Captor). Anyway my point is I guesstimate Captor is broadly similar but consistently slightly better then Ps-05a (which we have real world data for). This is consistent with the Swiss evaluation which shows the same thing. https://therhk111militaryandarmspage.blogspot.com/2020/03/exercise-falcon-strike-2015-gripen-vs.html?m=1 it should be similar but consistently better then the Hornet Radar

That’s what I expected. Can’t be sure but given the soft announcement it makes sense.

video on the Mirage 2000 test bed used to test the RBE2 with interesting descriptions and useful information.

What appears to be a patent for the apg-81 TR module. US6278400.pdf

Is that the mod that had official documentation? Maybe that can become official.

Do you take requests?

might possibly be the UMS MMIC in the RBE2 AESA T/R module.

NATO UNCLASSIFIED RTO-MP-23 23-1 AC/323(AVT)TP/11 PROPULSION SYSTEM of Air to Air MICA Missile

How do you think the MICA will compare to aim-120 and r-77?

F2 can use damocles, it’s just by the time it was ready the F3 was available

The Soviets did make a lot of Compromises to get the Fulcrum and Flanker in service in a somewhat timely manner. The N001 is a good example of this. They still were delayed by years. I somewhat doubt they expected most of these jets to be in service long after 2000 in their original configurations as they had plans for a next generation fulcrum and Flanker to start production around the time the USSR fell and the MFI not that long after.

In the 2000s the Su-33 got something similar to the angle rate bomb sight that allowed them to do really accurate daytime dumb bombing. Also the Pastel RWR.

To be fair wasn’t that more the cult of the archivist?

J-10A/B and J-11B/J-15 are probably doable too.