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I didn't actually buy it, so no scans. But basically they did BFM against each other with the Typhoon's HMD and ASRAAMs unleashed and the French pilots were taken aback by the lethality and forced to completely rethink their tactics, according to their own words. Some good stuff about the F-22 as well but I only briefly scan read it. It was in this one:

Interesting article in Air Forces Monthly Issue 336, March 2016, about BFM between F-22s, Typhoon, and Rafale. French pilots made some interesting remarks about ASRAAMs and HMD.

Oh Rene.:lol:

Is that you Rene?

Anyone played the Beta? Best game I've played in some time? http://tomclancy-thedivision.ubi.com/game/en-us/home/index.aspx

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http://www.idigitaltimes.com/darpas-secret-140-ton-drone-unmanned-naval-vessel-known-submarine-hunter-511932

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/02/14/surprise-the-us-navy-has-new-ship-killing-missile.aspx?source=eogyholnk0000001&utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=article

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/12/politics/isis-f-16-us-air-force-tanker-refueling/

I've come to the conclusion that the aerospace press should be paying Lockheed for stories. If they had to pay royalties every time they mentioned it, they probably wouldn't bother as much.

So the latest anti-F-35 source - very dodgy source. http://www.rstreet.org/2016/02/05/after-latest-f-35-setback-time-to-consider-a-replacement/

May just be the short carrier landings, and taking account of travel direction and wind direction.

F-22 for export? http://www.reuters.com/article/india-boeing-superhornet-idUSKCN0VC0IB

https://sobchak.wordpress.com/tag/us-navy/

One shouldn't laugh.:doh:

Well technically it isn't passive, and there's the problem. You've got an active system that requires power and suffers the realities of lag. Due to this, you've got a window on every AESA frequency shift where the threat radar is receiving a response as normal and a window where the jammer is emitting out of sync and giving position information away to the threat EW system. Then you have the problem of a separate Tx and Rx, where the EW system detects the Tx and jams it instead of the reflection going back to the Rx. And ultimately you run into power requirement and simultaneity problems when up against many threat radars in a wave attack. There are also other nasty problems, like secondary reflections off external stores and parts of the aircraft where you don't have jammers. You can't cancel the reflection at the aircraft surface, so do you guess what phase angle it'll be at when it gets back to the Rx? And as mentioned the ability isn't as special it would seem and is normal for DRFM. It's good but not full proof, or unique (as it's been marketed). Well not all the Star Wars money was wasted. It was renamed several times and the some of the technology developed, like DACT, was the forerunner for systems like SM-3, THAAD, PAC-3, GBI etc. The space-based laser fell flat on its face and Project Excalibur is basically prohibited under the Outer Space Treaty, but the development is still going and being used, and even becoming more important in the case of the DF-21D. The laser research is also still firmly on the cards for the next 10 years and looks likely to produce in service systems.

Well I've seen a lot of contradictory information on several of the points above, from PAK-FA ISD, to payment method, to MKI reliability and all I'll say at this stage is that it's impossible to separate the manure from the shit.

Don't think that's accurate. Korea's whole bid was a feint to get a better price on the F-35, then the issue of ToT came up and they backed out. They selected the Slam Eagle via the bid, then said, "nah we want the f-35 really," and then they find out they weren't getting ToT and reluctantly moved back to the Slam Eagle, which may itself be a feint to try get ToT.

Well that's the downfall and why it can never match a stealth fighter. Okay, DRFM active cancellation can maybe perform well against one Tx/Rx radar. But what happens when 20 aircraft come along? What happens when you have several ground radar in multiple directions? What happens when you have a bistatic radar and you don't know where the receiver is because it's passive? Same goes for aircraft radar, when one plane is operating in passive mode.

Well here's the catch, the Indians swear blind that they are paying cash and don't take loans for military purchases. And if they were taking a loan, then the terms of the payments affect the amount paid. The IAF indicated a desperate immediate need for 84 to replace an ageing fleet and the government turned round and agreed to 36. Seems like an emergency patch and negotiations have definitely frustrated the French and the reduced volume has increased cost. If they're already aiming for the PAK-FA as their main fighter post 2020, every year that passes makes a larger Rafale purchase uneconomical and unneeded. Production is another problem. Time to set up production lines, then training. By the time the Rafale hits Indian service it'll be defunct. I don't really buy that though. I've been following it from the start. I've seen the number slowly reduce, I've seen the French frustration in negotiations, I've seen issues emerge when the problem of increased unit price for a reduced number came about. Right now I think their plan is to get 36, and delay until 2020 and see how things stand. That way they get the ToT without having to buy loads of aircraft.

How does the political posturing not indicate uncertainty? Going from 126 planes to 36 and haggling over price after 4 years isn't exactly confidence inspiring. A price negotiation isn't supposed to take as long as aircraft development.

But they agreed to buy in 2012, it's now 2016 and they're haggling over the price of just 36 jets. It's nothing short of ridiculous. The jets are yet to enter production and still finance is to be agreed. At the very least it's clear that the EW system is nowhere near as spectacular as originally mooted, or they'd have just bought them and the Rafale Ms and not looked back. Seems clear they're deeply unsure. Deferring purchases is definitely not a frugal strategy. Bulk buy always reduces cost. It's more likely they're waiting for the PAK-FA, to see if any more Rafale purchases are even relevant.