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What is it? Autorotation hehe. I wouldn't wanna be pulling that ejection handle at any time other than when the blades have clipped and there's nothing left to ride in.

Voted 3 but if it meant getting BS out the door sooner then I'd say not needed "can live without it".

WOW!! What's the song btw?

Here's an interesting read on how AESA radars work, should set a couple of ppl straight on these forums :) http://www.iee.org/oncomms/pn/radar/Roulston.pdf

Nice work, hopefully ED has added that info to their vault, be great to see the Gripen modeled with the Meteor and their data links. I wonder how much of the F-22 FDL has borrowed from the Swede's experience.

Pretty impressive test firing, anybody have links to the vids? 19th June 2007 MICA FIRING SUCCESS FROM FRENCH AIR FORCE RAFALE On 11th June 2007, MBDA’s MICA multi-mission air-to-air missile successfully destroyed its intended target following launch from an operational French Air Force Rafale F2 aircraft. The firing, part of an ongoing training programme being carried out by French Air Force pilots with MICA, took place at the DGA’s CELM missile launch test facility at Biscarrosse off the south west Atlantic coast of France. For this latest firing, a complex combat scenario was created with a Rafale pilot being chased and threatened by an “enemy aircraft” (actually a C22 drone) approaching at a distance of several nautical miles from its rear sector. A second Rafale, acting as wingman, acquired the target and provided target designation information to the first aircraft via the Link 16 data link. On being launched, MICA carried out an extremely sharp 180° manoeuvre in its inertial guidance phase, a manoeuvre made possible by the missile’s exceptional agility provided by its thrust vector control feature. MICA then advanced towards the designated target which it destroyed. The MICA missile used during this training session was the RF variant, featuring an electromagnetic active seeker. Patrick Tramier, MBDA’s Director of Programmes, said: “This latest success proves MICA’s extreme efficiency in carrying out an out of sector self defence role with target data provided by a support aircraft. It is just one of a series of successful tests within the current training campaign which has shown MICA’s exceptional performance against targets flying at different altitudes and speeds as well as targets carrying out evasive manoeuvres and within a countermeasures environment”. Notes to editors MICA is the multi-mission air-to-air missile system for the Mirage 2000-5 and Rafale combat aircraft in both their air force and navy variants. Its high level of tactical flexibility is ideally suited to the latest generation of multi-role / swing role aircraft, providing both intercept and self-defence capabilities. There are two MICA versions, the RF MICA with an electromagnetic active seeker, and the IR MICA with an imaging IR seeker offering tremendous tactical advantages in Beyond Visual Range (BVR) intercepts. MICA is in service with the French Air Force and Navy and has been widely exported.

Interesting. no F-35 on the list. Mig-35 or Eurofighter will be the winner. I'll be betting on the Eurofighter, purely for India wanting to keep in touch with Western technology. http://www.domain-b.com/aero/july/2007/20070724_F-35.htm

I think the story goes it was a fishing boat carrying drugs and they attempted to out run the Australian Navy, the Navy chased them 1/2 way across the Indican Ocean and dragged them back to Australia. The boat was subsequently sunk with no crew on board Erdem. They're locked up in jail.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9ed_1187506461

Sure as long as your not planning to have kids anytime soon. I'm assuming you'll get another +/-60 degrees of electronic scanning ontop of the 60 of mechanical. That would put the pilots testicles firmly in the sidelobs :crazy: Or maybe the beam doesn't form until a few meters out.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ZX4q8UYKE http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eidyRGJeaoQ Points go to the Mi-28

Guess they have gone for FOV over reliability. Wonder if the pilot gets zapped when it's at it max points and electronically scanning?

Ah I vote to put it on the plane, nothing else is that accurate anyways! :surrender:

Luggage compartment

2nd that

Tell the poor crew that, or the oil supply for the engines ...

And you don't think they would be intercepted before their launch point? ps Maybe that's why they are on QRA, they can get out and intercept the target before their launch points, and that will even be further back once the meteors are in service. No hoping the missile is out of energy when it gets close!! http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/meteor-missile-will-make-changes-to-accommodate-f35-0599/

http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2004/04fisher_report/7airforcesystems.htm some interesting reading 4 u :)

You can have a look at the ex Airforce Air Marshalls supporting his view. The only person I have seen dismissing his views is Dr Brendon Nelson (Medicine) who is probably about to be investigated for "his" decision to purchase the Super Bugs with out even consulting the RAAF. It really doesn't matter if the AE is in service or not, something similar will be in the next 20 years.

7 thought there was only 3, planning,preparation,perspiration. You young guys always trying to improve on perfection

Lol, his agenda is to make sure teh RAAF has a fighter that will dominate over the next 20 years! And unforutanetly it only really leaves the F-22. 2nd thoughts if they won't sell em go the Eurofighter! Much better looking than the JSF.

Where's the pilots?

:doh:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_electronically_scanned_array#The_difference_between_AESA_and_PESA Somes it up.

speaking of agility I don't think anything comes close to the X-31