NytHawk

Ukraine operates 2010s Era MiG-29MU2s, recently upgraded to utilize western weapons such as AASM, MALD, HARM, SDB and JDAM-ER. ED is making a ~1980s era MiG-29 9.12A.

The M67 is quoted by the DOD to have an effective (50%) lethal radius of 5m with an effective (50%) casualty-producing radius of 15m. There are numerous sources claiming fragments can travel to distances exceeding 200 metres. I personally wouldn't like being inevitably being peppered with dozens of tiny steel fragments standing in the open 20 metres away from a hand grenade. Sure you're unlikely to die, but it's certainly not a pleasant experience.

Are you able to link a credible source supporting this 20 metre lethal radius claim. Peak overpressure from a Mk82 blast is 117kPa 16m according to the GICHD document linked above, with overpressure decreasing to 34kPa at a distance of 31 metres. According to the CDC; 69kPa overpressure is enough to kill most people, with 34kPa is enough to universally injure people with widespread fatalities, and serious injuries at 21kPa. I feel like "serious injuries" to infantry in DCS should count as deaths, purely because they prevent the soldier from fighting in any capacity. This is not even factoring in fragmentation. It's not uncommon to see videos of several large pieces of shrapnel to travel over 75m even from just a 155mm artillery shell explosion. And those only have an explosive filling of ~15 pounds. Just imagine the amount of shrapnel, and the distance it will travel with the ~200 pounds of explosive filling in a Mk82.

LITENING lacks Multi-Track, the IR pointer and can't be used for slaving sidewinder seekers. MT makes engaging several ground targets with JDAMs in quick succession much easier since you don't need to manually slave the tgp after each drop, or make markpoints with the DED. The only real downside to the Sniper is that there are penalties for digital zoom. But LITENING having perfect digital zoom is just a DCSism.

let them cook

I don't see why F35s can't be implemented into modern multiplayer servers, not all of them are PVP, and Eurofighters will still stay highly competitive against luneburg lensed F35s. "Realism-oriented" servers in DCS just means LARPing minus all the annoying things that come with realistic engagements.

That graph shows the max range of the F-16 and F-18s radar in VSR/VS modes respectively it appears. Yes, maximum range for RWS and TWS modes in the F16 also increased with their phase 2 radars, but PD is now factored in. Similar with the F18.

Of course

I mean being fair, as long as RCS is dependent on aspect... you can get away with only having two states; WBD open and WBD closed with a gradual transition between them. Sure flight control position is also a notable factor, but its nowhere near as major as aspect/WBD status.

Might leave this here for future reference; https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1073251.pdf The F-35 GCAS system was heavily based upon the viper's, which has considerably more overall documentation. The pop-up page which allows for you to change GCAS mode is accessed via the function access buttons at the top of the PCD.

Our F/A-18 doesn't have the Sniper IRL, and ED to my knowledge hasn't announced plans for our A-10 to get it. The F-15E was meant to get Sniper eventually, but its development has since been put on halt.

What do you mean with this?

Just to be extra pedantic, the EAP first flew in August 1986. The YF-22 even first flew in 1989.

We don't know whether he was locked on with the TR, or just tracked by a lower frequency P-15 SR, which was then used to assist the Serbian SAM operators to acquire the F-117 with IRST, or whether the operators got lucky by engaging the F-117 right before it had potentially opened its IWBs and then getting a lock with their TR (Or if the commonly claimed theory of them being stuck open).

Any SAM system will be able to detect a LO aircraft flying close enough without any EW support if it flies close enough. The details of the F-117 shootdown incident are still murky anyways. There are claims of the F-117s weapons bays being open at/or just before the shootdown, and it is known that quite a few Serbian S-125 systems had radars upgraded to SNR-125M1T specification which had an Infrared sensor and Laser rangefinder which could definitely guide a missile towards an F117. Hopefully we'll learn more soon knowing that F-35s were used in the recent Strikes against Iran, likely flying within Iranian airspace. However I don't feel like this is the time/place to discuss this much further here.

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F35s always keep the same RAM coating on regardless of whether they are being deployed in combat, or just being used for Baltic air policing. Luneberg lenses already do all the work, and its a logistical nightmare needing to recoat F35s all the time.

He's just over-Ging these missiles. Realistic behaviour.

You mean the VSD with the RCS orb on it? My understanding is that the centre of the circle is the aircrafts mirrored relative signature when viewed from directly in front. And then the edges of the circle show the signature when viewed from 90 degrees up/down and left/right. This (to me) makes sense knowing you can vaguely see the expected increased signatures when the target can directly see into your radome, and your side profile. It also lines up with the target positioning on the HSD.

I just interpreted that myself as "We're developing Sniper and then we'll consider potentially making LANTIRN"

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There are quite a few slideshows and simulator demonstrations out there showing the VSD page in action and interacting with ownship and target positioning. This is the clearest screenshot I have found of it so far. Note the bug splat when BLOB is enabled on the HSD.

You can't just turn any DCS radar into an AESA in DCS from a .lua file. Simply speeding up the scan rate will just result in less dwell time over targets. You also won't be able to add any of the intelligent beamforming that the F35 has. Even if we do get a block 2B/3I, it will still be by far the most capable BVR aircraft in DCS. The AESA will allow much higher tracking quality and faster acquisition times than any MSA, the DAS can act as both a 360 degree IRST system and MAWS. This is also ignoring all the advanced datalink and sensor fusion functionality that the F35 gets. I don't see where this not being "capable of penetration" concept comes from. Even the much earlier F117 with basically zero defensive systems had absolutely zero issues penetrating some of the densest IADS in the world. Regardless, many people would find it more enjoyable engaging at much shorter ranges. Also, the F35 release is ages away, and its incredibly likely ED's plan and general scope of the project will change considerably. The original FAQ even mentioned a lot of SDD munitions such JSOWs and SDBs before it was edited.

Realistic in terms of capabilities...? sure? Realistic in terms of how its integrated and employed? Incredibly unlikely.

I can assure you that future HARM/AARGM integration on the F35 will be completely different to what we have seen on the F16 and F18 There are limits to this, we shouldn't add weapons and major features in which we have absolutely zero understanding of.